U.S. LABOR MARKET

Yellen’s Dashboard

How Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen gauges job market health. Each indicator shows its history as well as its current distance from 'normal' levels.

WORST POINT
NORMAL LEVEL
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Normal levels represent a healthy job market, as articulated by official Fed forecasts or by Fed Chair Yellen in her public comments; when no such articulation has been made, we use pre-crisis averages (2004-2007) to mark a normal level.

Source: Labor Dept.