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Figure 1. The unemployment rate has fallen sharply

Monthly
Percent

  Total Black Hispanic
Jan-06 4.7 8.9 5.5
Feb-06 4.8 9.5 5.4
Mar-06 4.7 9.5 5.2
Apr-06 4.7 9.4 5.5
May-06 4.6 8.7 5
Jun-06 4.6 8.9 5.2
Jul-06 4.7 9.5 5.2
Aug-06 4.7 8.8 5.3
Sep-06 4.5 9 5.5
Oct-06 4.4 8.4 4.8
Nov-06 4.5 8.5 5.1
Dec-06 4.4 8.3 5
Jan-07 4.6 7.9 5.5
Feb-07 4.5 8 5.1
Mar-07 4.4 8.4 5
Apr-07 4.5 8.3 5.6
May-07 4.4 8.3 5.8
Jun-07 4.6 8.5 5.5
Jul-07 4.7 8.1 5.9
Aug-07 4.6 7.6 5.5
Sep-07 4.7 8 5.9
Oct-07 4.7 8.5 5.7
Nov-07 4.7 8.5 5.9
Dec-07 5 9 6.3
Jan-08 5 9.1 6.3
Feb-08 4.9 8.4 6.2
Mar-08 5.1 9.2 6.9
Apr-08 5 8.6 7.1
May-08 5.4 9.6 6.9
Jun-08 5.6 9.4 7.6
Jul-08 5.8 10 7.5
Aug-08 6.1 10.6 8
Sep-08 6.1 11.3 8
Oct-08 6.5 11.4 8.8
Nov-08 6.8 11.5 8.7
Dec-08 7.3 12.1 9.4
Jan-09 7.8 12.7 10.1
Feb-09 8.3 13.7 11.3
Mar-09 8.7 13.7 11.7
Apr-09 9 15 11.4
May-09 9.4 15 12.3
Jun-09 9.5 14.8 12.1
Jul-09 9.5 14.8 12.5
Aug-09 9.6 14.8 13
Sep-09 9.8 15.3 12.6
Oct-09 10 15.8 12.8
Nov-09 9.9 15.7 12.4
Dec-09 9.9 16.1 12.8
Jan-10 9.8 16.5 12.9
Feb-10 9.8 16.1 12.7
Mar-10 9.9 16.8 12.9
Apr-10 9.9 16.6 12.5
May-10 9.6 15.5 12
Jun-10 9.4 15.2 12.3
Jul-10 9.4 15.6 12.2
Aug-10 9.5 15.9 12
Sep-10 9.5 16 12.3
Oct-10 9.4 15.6 12.3
Nov-10 9.8 16.2 12.9
Dec-10 9.3 15.5 12.9
Jan-11 9.1 15.8 12.3
Feb-11 9 15.5 11.8
Mar-11 9 15.8 11.6
Apr-11 9.1 16.5 11.9
May-11 9 16.3 11.6
Jun-11 9.1 16.2 11.5
Jul-11 9 15.9 11.2
Aug-11 9 16.4 11.2
Sep-11 9 15.9 11.2
Oct-11 8.8 14.6 11.3
Nov-11 8.6 15.6 11.2
Dec-11 8.5 15.4 11.1
Jan-12 8.3 13.6 10.7
Feb-12 8.3 14 10.9
Mar-12 8.2 14 10.6
Apr-12 8.2 13.3 10.3
May-12 8.2 13.5 10.9
Jun-12 8.2 14.5 10.9
Jul-12 8.2 14.2 10.2
Aug-12 8.1 13.8 10.1
Sep-12 7.8 13.6 9.7
Oct-12 7.8 14.1 10
Nov-12 7.7 13.3 9.9
Dec-12 7.9 14 9.6
Jan-13 8 13.7 9.7
Feb-13 7.7 13.8 9.7
Mar-13 7.5 13 9.3
Apr-13 7.6 13.3 9
May-13 7.5 13.4 9
Jun-13 7.5 14.2 9.1
Jul-13 7.3 12.6 9.4
Aug-13 7.2 12.8 9.2
Sep-13 7.2 13 8.8
Oct-13 7.2 12.8 9.1
Nov-13 6.9 12.3 8.7
Dec-13 6.7 11.9 8.3
Jan-14 6.6 12.1 8.3
Feb-14 6.7 11.8 8.2
Mar-14 6.7 12.1 7.9
Apr-14 6.2 11.6 7.2
May-14 6.3 11.4 7.7
Jun-14 6.1 11 7.8
Jul-14 6.2 11.6 7.7
Aug-14 6.1 11.4 7.4
Sep-14 5.9 11 6.8
Oct-14 5.7 10.6 6.8
Nov-14 5.8 10.9 6.6
Dec-14 5.6 10.6 6.4
Jan-15 5.7 10.3 6.7
Feb-15 5.5 10.1 6.8
Mar-15 5.4 9.9 6.8
Apr-15 5.4 9.7 6.8
May-15 5.6 10.3 6.8
Jun-15 5.3 9.7 6.7
Jul-15 5.2 9.1 6.9
Aug-15 5.1 9.4 6.6
Sep-15 5 9.3 6.2
Oct-15 5 9 6.3
Nov-15 5.1 9.4 6.4
Dec-15 5 8.5 6.2
Jan-16 4.8 8.5 5.9
Feb-16 4.9 8.6 5.5
Mar-16 5 8.9 5.6
Apr-16 5.1 8.8 6.2
May-16 4.8 8.2 5.7
Jun-16 4.9 8.7 6
Jul-16 4.8 8.2 5.4
Aug-16 4.9 8 5.6
Sep-16 5 8.5 6.2
Oct-16 4.9 8.5 5.7
Nov-16 4.7 8.2 5.6
Dec-16 4.7 8 5.8
Jan-17 4.7 7.5 5.8
Feb-17 4.6 8 5.6
Mar-17 4.4 7.8 5
Apr-17 4.4 7.7 5.2
May-17 4.4 7.7 5.2
Jun-17 4.3 6.9 5
Jul-17 4.3 7.3 5.1
Aug-17 4.4 7.7 5.1
Sep-17 4.3 7.2 5.1
Oct-17 4.2 7.6 5
Nov-17 4.2 7.5 4.9
Dec-17 4.1 6.7 5
Jan-18 4 7.5 4.9
Feb-18 4.1 6.8 4.9
Mar-18 4 6.7 4.9
Apr-18 4 6.3 4.7
May-18 3.8 5.9 4.8
Jun-18 4 6.4 4.6
Jul-18 3.8 6.5 4.5
Aug-18 3.8 6.3 4.7
Sep-18 3.7 6.1 4.6
Oct-18 3.8 6.5 4.4
Nov-18 3.8 6.1 4.7
Dec-18 3.9 6.7 4.5
Jan-19 4 7 4.7
Feb-19 3.8 7.1 4.3
Mar-19 3.8 6.5 4.5
Apr-19 3.6 6.5 4.1
May-19 3.6 6.1 4.2
Jun-19 3.6 5.8 4.3
Jul-19 3.7 5.8 4.4
Aug-19 3.7 5.4 4.2
Sep-19 3.5 5.4 4
Oct-19 3.6 5.6 4.2
Nov-19 3.6 5.6 4.3
Dec-19 3.6 6 4.3
Jan-20 3.5 6.3 4.3
Feb-20 3.5 6 4.4
Mar-20 4.4 6.8 5.9
Apr-20 14.7 16.6 18.8
May-20 13.2 16.8 17.6
Jun-20 11 15.2 14.5
Jul-20 10.2 14.4 12.8
Aug-20 8.4 12.8 10.6
Sep-20 7.9 12.1 10.4
Oct-20 6.9 10.9 8.9
Nov-20 6.7 10.4 8.6
Dec-20 6.7 10 9.4
Jan-21 6.4 9.2 8.6
Feb-21 6.2 9.8 8.4
Mar-21 6 9.5 7.7
Apr-21 6 9.7 7.7
May-21 5.8 9.1 7.1
Jun-21 5.9 9.2 7.2
Jul-21 5.4 8.2 6.4
Aug-21 5.2 8.7 6.2
Sep-21 4.7 7.8 6.1
Oct-21 4.6 7.8 5.7
Nov-21 4.2 6.5 5.2
Dec-21 3.9 7.1 4.9
Jan-22 4 6.9 4.9
Feb-22 3.8 6.6 4.4

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Situation, via Haver Analytics.

Figure 2. Wage growth has surged particularly for low-wage workers

Average Hourly Earnings
Monthly
Percent change from year earlier

  All Production workers
Jan-95 ND 2.5
Feb-95 ND 2.49
Mar-95 ND 2.67
Apr-95 ND 2.57
May-95 ND 2.66
Jun-95 ND 2.83
Jul-95 ND 2.91
Aug-95 ND 2.9
Sep-95 ND 2.99
Oct-95 ND 2.8
Nov-95 ND 2.88
Dec-95 ND 2.96
Jan-96 ND 3.31
Feb-96 ND 2.95
Mar-96 ND 2.94
Apr-96 ND 3.37
May-96 ND 3.28
Jun-96 ND 3.44
Jul-96 ND 3.26
Aug-96 ND 3.42
Sep-96 ND 3.41
Oct-96 ND 3.4
Nov-96 ND 3.57
Dec-96 ND 3.64
Jan-97 ND 3.63
Feb-97 ND 3.71
Mar-97 ND 3.95
Apr-97 ND 3.68
May-97 ND 3.84
Jun-97 ND 3.57
Jul-97 ND 3.73
Aug-97 ND 3.97
Sep-97 ND 3.87
Oct-97 ND 4.2
Nov-97 ND 4.18
Dec-97 ND 4.17
Jan-98 ND 4.07
Feb-98 ND 4.22
Mar-98 ND 4.13
Apr-98 ND 4.28
May-98 ND 4.34
Jun-98 ND 4.25
Jul-98 ND 4.08
Aug-98 ND 3.98
Sep-98 ND 4.05
Oct-98 ND 3.87
Nov-98 ND 3.62
Dec-98 ND 3.61
Jan-99 ND 3.75
Feb-99 ND 3.66
Mar-99 ND 3.57
Apr-99 ND 3.56
May-99 ND 3.47
Jun-99 ND 3.7
Jul-99 ND 3.84
Aug-99 ND 3.52
Sep-99 ND 3.81
Oct-99 ND 3.73
Nov-99 ND 3.72
Dec-99 ND 3.71
Jan-00 ND 3.62
Feb-00 ND 3.76
Mar-00 ND 3.9
Apr-00 ND 3.81
May-00 ND 3.87
Jun-00 ND 3.86
Jul-00 ND 3.77
Aug-00 ND 3.92
Sep-00 ND 3.75
Oct-00 ND 3.89
Nov-00 ND 4.17
Dec-00 ND 4.23
Jan-01 ND 3.93
Feb-01 ND 4.06
Mar-01 ND 4.12
Apr-01 ND 4.03
May-01 ND 4.02
Jun-01 ND 3.93
Jul-01 ND 3.78
Aug-01 ND 3.77
Sep-01 ND 3.61
Oct-01 ND 3.46
Nov-01 ND 3.37
Dec-01 ND 3.29
Jan-02 ND 3.29
Feb-02 ND 2.92
Mar-02 ND 2.77
Apr-02 ND 2.7
May-02 ND 2.62
Jun-02 ND 2.75
Jul-02 ND 2.96
Aug-02 ND 2.95
Sep-02 ND 2.94
Oct-02 ND 3.14
Nov-02 ND 2.99
Dec-02 ND 3.05
Jan-03 ND 3.12
Feb-03 ND 3.38
Mar-03 ND 3.04
Apr-03 ND 2.96
May-03 ND 3.02
Jun-03 ND 2.81
Jul-03 ND 2.8
Aug-03 ND 2.66
Sep-03 ND 2.32
Oct-03 ND 2.05
Nov-03 ND 2.11
Dec-03 ND 1.78
Jan-04 ND 1.91
Feb-04 ND 1.64
Mar-04 ND 1.9
Apr-04 ND 2.03
May-04 ND 1.96
Jun-04 ND 2.02
Jul-04 ND 1.88
Aug-04 ND 2.01
Sep-04 ND 2.4
Oct-04 ND 2.46
Nov-04 ND 2.39
Dec-04 ND 2.52
Jan-05 ND 2.51
Feb-05 ND 2.58
Mar-05 ND 2.63
Apr-05 ND 2.63
May-05 ND 2.62
Jun-05 ND 2.62
Jul-05 ND 2.93
Aug-05 ND 2.8
Sep-05 ND 2.6
Oct-05 ND 2.97
Nov-05 ND 2.9
Dec-05 ND 3.09
Jan-06 ND 3.27
Feb-06 ND 3.45
Mar-06 ND 3.57
Apr-06 ND 3.94
May-06 ND 3.8
Jun-06 ND 3.98
Jul-06 ND 3.84
Aug-06 ND 4.02
Sep-06 ND 4.2
Oct-06 ND 3.99
Nov-06 ND 4.11
Dec-06 ND 4.22
Jan-07 ND 4.08
Feb-07 ND 4.07
Mar-07 3.39 4.11
Apr-07 3.13 3.85
May-07 3.53 4.08
Jun-07 3.61 4.19
Jul-07 3.2 4.11
Aug-07 3.35 4.04
Sep-07 3.09 4.09
Oct-07 3.03 3.84
Nov-07 3.13 3.89
Dec-07 2.97 3.81
Jan-08 2.86 3.74
Feb-08 2.8 3.79
Mar-08 3.09 3.83
Apr-08 2.84 3.76
May-08 3.02 3.75
Jun-08 2.72 3.5
Jul-08 3.05 3.67
Aug-08 3.33 3.89
Sep-08 3.23 3.64
Oct-08 3.32 3.81
Nov-08 3.6 3.86
Dec-08 3.59 3.9
Jan-09 3.68 3.78
Feb-09 3.43 3.6
Mar-09 3.28 3.47
Apr-09 3.32 3.35
May-09 2.93 3.06
Jun-09 2.83 2.94
Jul-09 2.73 2.71
Aug-09 2.44 2.7
Sep-09 2.49 2.75
Oct-09 2.48 2.68
Nov-09 2.19 2.68
Dec-09 1.91 2.45
Jan-10 2 2.61
Feb-10 2.09 2.55
Mar-10 1.77 2.22
Apr-10 1.81 2.38
May-10 1.95 2.59
Jun-10 1.81 2.48
Jul-10 1.85 2.42
Aug-10 1.75 2.36
Sep-10 1.84 2.19
Oct-10 1.97 2.45
Nov-10 1.65 2.18
Dec-10 1.79 2.07
Jan-11 1.96 2.33
Feb-11 1.87 2.12
Mar-11 1.87 2.12
Apr-11 1.91 2.11
May-11 2.04 2.1
Jun-11 2.13 2.05
Jul-11 2.26 2.26
Aug-11 1.99 1.88
Sep-11 1.94 1.94
Oct-11 2.02 1.88
Nov-11 2.02 1.82
Dec-11 1.98 1.77
Jan-12 1.71 1.4
Feb-12 1.75 1.45
Mar-12 2.14 1.71
Apr-12 2.05 1.65
May-12 1.74 1.39
Jun-12 1.96 1.6
Jul-12 1.77 1.39
Aug-12 1.82 1.39
Sep-12 1.99 1.54
Oct-12 1.55 1.18
Nov-12 1.9 1.43
Dec-12 2.24 1.74
Jan-13 2.24 1.79
Feb-13 2.15 2.04
Mar-13 1.93 1.88
Apr-13 2.05 1.83
May-13 2.14 1.88
Jun-13 2.17 2.03
Jul-13 2 2.03
Aug-13 2.3 2.18
Sep-13 2.08 2.28
Oct-13 2.25 2.32
Nov-13 2.24 2.37
Dec-13 1.85 2.21
Jan-14 1.89 2.26
Feb-14 2.31 2.55
Mar-14 2.1 2.45
Apr-14 1.97 2.4
May-14 2.13 2.44
Jun-14 2 2.24
Jul-14 2.09 2.33
Aug-14 2.21 2.48
Sep-14 2.08 2.17
Oct-14 2.03 2.22
Nov-14 2.03 2.22
Dec-14 1.99 1.77
Jan-15 2.15 2.01
Feb-15 1.89 1.46
Mar-15 2.18 1.85
Apr-15 2.26 1.9
May-15 2.3 2.19
Jun-15 2.17 2.14
Jul-15 2.17 2.04
Aug-15 2.2 1.98
Sep-15 2.24 2.13
Oct-15 2.52 2.37
Nov-15 2.39 2.12
Dec-15 2.52 2.61
Jan-16 2.55 2.45
Feb-16 2.46 2.6
Mar-16 2.46 2.49
Apr-16 2.57 2.63
May-16 2.44 2.29
Jun-16 2.6 2.48
Jul-16 2.72 2.62
Aug-16 2.47 2.47
Sep-16 2.63 2.51
Oct-16 2.7 2.45
Nov-16 2.65 2.45
Dec-16 2.65 2.5
Jan-17 2.64 2.35
Feb-17 2.72 2.48
Mar-17 2.59 2.24
Apr-17 2.51 2.19
May-17 2.5 2.28
Jun-17 2.46 2.28
Jul-17 2.57 2.27
Aug-17 2.53 2.31
Sep-17 2.79 2.5
Oct-17 2.36 2.12
Nov-17 2.43 2.35
Dec-17 2.74 2.43
Jan-18 2.69 2.66
Feb-18 2.57 2.51
Mar-18 2.83 2.83
Apr-18 2.75 2.74
May-18 2.9 2.87
Jun-18 2.93 2.91
Jul-18 2.85 2.85
Aug-18 3.19 3.08
Sep-18 3.1 3.02
Oct-18 3.28 3.29
Nov-18 3.35 3.42
Dec-18 3.41 3.59
Jan-19 3.25 3.35
Feb-19 3.55 3.57
Mar-19 3.54 3.6
Apr-19 3.31 3.51
May-19 3.26 3.54
Jun-19 3.37 3.53
Jul-19 3.43 3.7
Aug-19 3.38 3.69
Sep-19 3.08 3.63
Oct-19 3.18 3.71
Nov-19 3.35 3.57
Dec-19 2.94 3.2
Jan-20 3.01 3.33
Feb-20 3.1 3.49
Mar-20 3.56 3.78
Apr-20 8.03 7.72
May-20 6.68 6.8
Jun-20 5.08 5.67
Jul-20 4.92 4.93
Aug-20 4.8 5.04
Sep-20 4.83 4.73
Oct-20 4.61 4.59
Nov-20 4.59 4.66
Dec-20 5.46 5.62
Jan-21 5.28 5.31
Feb-21 5.18 5.12
Mar-21 4.41 4.8
Apr-21 0.63 1.47
May-21 2.19 2.76
Jun-21 3.95 4.11
Jul-21 4.28 5.1
Aug-21 4.34 5.2
Sep-21 4.78 5.89
Oct-21 5.35 6.36
Nov-21 5.33 6.54
Dec-21 4.88 6.2
Jan-22 5.48 6.67
Feb-22 5.13 6.65

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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employee Hours, via Haver Analytics.

Trimmed Mean Wage Growth by Wage Quartile
Weekly
Year-over-year percent change

  Bottom Bottom-middle Top-middle Top
11-Jan-20 5.39 3.79 3.16 2.81
18-Jan-20 5.37 3.78 3.15 2.81
25-Jan-20 5.37 3.78 3.14 2.83
1-Feb-20 5.36 3.79 3.13 2.8
8-Feb-20 5.34 3.79 3.14 2.8
15-Feb-20 5.34 3.78 3.14 2.8
22-Feb-20 5.34 3.79 3.13 2.8
29-Feb-20 5.35 3.78 3.13 2.79
7-Mar-20 5.33 3.79 3.13 2.81
14-Mar-20 5.39 3.81 3.14 2.81
21-Mar-20 5.62 3.86 3.16 2.8
28-Mar-20 5.87 3.91 3.16 2.76
4-Apr-20 6.05 3.91 3.12 2.69
11-Apr-20 6.11 3.9 3.1 2.65
18-Apr-20 6.09 3.9 3.09 2.52
25-Apr-20 6.06 3.84 3.05 2.44
2-May-20 5.96 3.8 3 2.41
9-May-20 5.85 3.75 2.95 2.37
16-May-20 5.71 3.73 2.93 2.34
23-May-20 5.68 3.69 2.89 2.3
30-May-20 5.56 3.65 2.85 2.29
6-Jun-20 5.46 3.6 2.8 2.22
13-Jun-20 5.38 3.57 2.77 2.21
20-Jun-20 5.33 3.52 2.74 2.23
27-Jun-20 5.27 3.47 2.71 2.2
4-Jul-20 5.26 3.4 2.66 2.23
11-Jul-20 5.27 3.4 2.64 2.23
18-Jul-20 5.31 3.38 2.63 2.2
25-Jul-20 5.25 3.37 2.61 2.18
1-Aug-20 5.25 3.36 2.59 2.18
8-Aug-20 5.24 3.35 2.58 2.17
15-Aug-20 5.22 3.34 2.58 2.18
22-Aug-20 5.19 3.32 2.57 2.17
29-Aug-20 5.2 3.31 2.57 2.09
5-Sep-20 5.24 3.32 2.57 2.11
12-Sep-20 5.33 3.32 2.58 2.24
19-Sep-20 5.32 3.37 2.57 2.2
26-Sep-20 5.31 3.36 2.55 2.16
3-Oct-20 4.95 3.2 2.48 2.11
10-Oct-20 4.67 3.01 2.36 2.05
17-Oct-20 4.67 2.99 2.35 2.05
24-Oct-20 4.83 3 2.36 2.04
31-Oct-20 4.88 3.1 2.37 2.04
7-Nov-20 4.91 3.13 2.38 2.04
14-Nov-20 5.4 3.32 2.51 2.13
21-Nov-20 4.99 3.17 2.4 2.06
28-Nov-20 5.06 3.2 2.42 2.08
5-Dec-20 5.12 3.21 2.42 2.06
12-Dec-20 5.09 3.24 2.42 2.05
19-Dec-20 5.06 3.24 2.43 2.08
26-Dec-20 4.92 3.21 2.41 2.1
2-Jan-21 4.93 3.23 2.42 2.03
9-Jan-21 5.06 3.27 2.47 2.04
16-Jan-21 5.14 3.3 2.48 2.06
23-Jan-21 5.22 3.31 2.47 2.09
30-Jan-21 5.23 3.33 2.48 2.08
6-Feb-21 5.25 3.35 2.5 2.08
13-Feb-21 5.28 3.39 2.51 2.1
20-Feb-21 5.29 3.4 2.51 2.09
27-Feb-21 5.33 3.43 2.51 2.07
6-Mar-21 5.39 3.44 2.52 2.06
13-Mar-21 5.38 3.43 2.56 2.1
20-Mar-21 5.51 3.47 2.6 2.14
27-Mar-21 5.56 3.45 2.67 2.25
3-Apr-21 5.24 3.56 2.85 2.51
10-Apr-21 5.37 3.73 3.04 2.65
17-Apr-21 5.47 3.79 3.1 2.75
24-Apr-21 5.58 3.89 3.17 2.84
1-May-21 5.7 3.97 3.25 2.9
8-May-21 5.88 4.09 3.32 2.97
15-May-21 6.07 4.18 3.39 3.02
22-May-21 6.57 5 3.46 3.05
29-May-21 7 5.23 3.56 3.12
5-Jun-21 7.29 5.43 3.64 3.25
12-Jun-21 7.53 5.55 3.68 3.25
19-Jun-21 7.64 4.98 3.72 3.2
26-Jun-21 7.83 5.14 3.79 3.24
3-Jul-21 8.01 5.22 3.9 3.27
10-Jul-21 8.2 5.36 4 3.43
17-Jul-21 8.36 5.47 4.06 3.44
24-Jul-21 8.53 5.63 4.1 3.4
31-Jul-21 8.68 5.73 4.15 3.4
7-Aug-21 8.86 5.86 4.22 3.44
14-Aug-21 9.01 5.96 4.27 3.45
21-Aug-21 9.11 6.02 4.33 3.48
28-Aug-21 9.26 6.11 4.37 3.5
4-Sep-21 9.38 6.22 4.43 3.52
11-Sep-21 9.5 6.36 4.48 3.54
18-Sep-21 9.61 6.46 4.53 3.54
25-Sep-21 9.73 6.54 4.57 3.52
2-Oct-21 10.05 6.7 4.59 3.57
9-Oct-21 10.24 6.84 4.67 3.6
16-Oct-21 10.42 6.95 4.72 3.61
23-Oct-21 10.52 7.03 4.82 3.64
30-Oct-21 10.62 7.11 4.88 3.68
6-Nov-21 10.76 7.22 4.93 3.7
13-Nov-21 10.46 7.26 4.99 3.78
20-Nov-21 10.99 7.41 5.04 3.77
27-Nov-21 11.06 7.46 5.07 3.78
4-Dec-21 11.11 7.49 5.11 3.78
11-Dec-21 11.21 7.56 5.16 3.79
18-Dec-21 11.24 7.61 5.22 3.87
25-Dec-21 10.79 7.65 5.28 3.98
1-Jan-22 10.71 7.78 5.38 3.98
8-Jan-22 10.82 7.91 5.48 4.02
15-Jan-22 10.88 7.98 5.53 4.05
22-Jan-22 10.85 8.05 5.57 4.06
29-Jan-22 10.8 8.04 5.57 4.07
5-Feb-22 10.86 8.14 5.65 4.12
12-Feb-22 10.97 8.21 5.71 4.17
19-Feb-22 11.17 8.33 5.81 4.25

Note: Quartiles defined by hourly wage distribution from base period of year-over-year calculation. Wages are measured as hourly earnings, excluding tips, overtime, and other forms of compensation.

Source: Federal Reserve Board staff calculations; ADP, Inc.

Figure 3. Labor demand has recovered but labor supply has not

Quarterly
Millions

  CPS employment plus job openings Labor force
2001:Q1 142.68 143.73
2001:Q2 141.44 143.29
2001:Q3 140.75 143.48
2001:Q4 139.75 144
2002:Q1 139.48 144.12
2002:Q2 139.59 144.59
2002:Q3 139.95 144.85
2002:Q4 139.75 144.83
2003:Q1 139.72 144.98
2003:Q2 139.8 145.49
2003:Q3 139.42 145.2
2003:Q4 140.34 145.45
2004:Q1 141.01 145.81
2004:Q2 141.41 146.06
2004:Q3 142.21 146.44
2004:Q4 142.75 146.83
2005:Q1 143.26 147.1
2005:Q2 144.4 147.95
2005:Q3 145.37 148.49
2005:Q4 145.62 148.75
2006:Q1 146.85 149.41
2006:Q2 147.58 149.93
2006:Q3 148.03 150.39
2006:Q4 149.09 151.2
2007:Q1 149.66 151.71
2007:Q2 149.29 151.35
2007:Q3 149.21 151.66
2007:Q4 149.51 152.2
2008:Q1 149.78 153.04
2008:Q2 149.13 153.27
2008:Q3 147.96 153.66
2008:Q4 146.44 153.77
2009:Q1 143.69 153.77
2009:Q2 142.21 154.1
2009:Q3 141.19 153.64
2009:Q4 140.28 152.99
2010:Q1 140.97 153.35
2010:Q2 141.88 153.78
2010:Q3 142.06 153.64
2010:Q4 142.1 153.59
2011:Q1 142.95 153.65
2011:Q2 143.23 153.91
2011:Q3 143.93 154.26
2011:Q4 144.9 154.65
2012:Q1 146.08 155.05
2012:Q2 146.49 155.35
2012:Q3 146.89 155.53
2012:Q4 147.84 156.15
2013:Q1 147.84 155.91
2013:Q2 148.47 156.14
2013:Q3 148.96 156.27
2013:Q4 149.07 155.74
2014:Q1 150.3 156.36
2014:Q2 151.42 156.38
2014:Q3 152.41 156.91
2014:Q4 153.36 157.35
2015:Q1 154.05 157.41
2015:Q2 154.82 157.93
2015:Q3 155.29 157.68
2015:Q4 156.11 158.32
2016:Q1 157.47 159.29
2016:Q2 157.51 159.58
2016:Q3 158.14 160.12
2016:Q4 158.42 160.23
2017:Q1 159.47 161.04
2017:Q2 160.43 161.39
2017:Q3 161.23 161.94
2017:Q4 161.28 161.69
2018:Q1 162.51 162.39
2018:Q2 163.45 162.79
2018:Q3 163.9 162.81
2018:Q4 164.76 163.58
2019:Q1 165.33 164.34
2019:Q2 165.34 164.07
2019:Q3 166.16 165
2019:Q4 166.78 165.73
2020:Q1 166.14 165.74
2020:Q2 144.57 159.82
2020:Q3 154.14 161.87
2020:Q4 158.08 162.14
2021:Q1 159.79 161.95
2021:Q2 162.51 162.47
2021:Q3 165.37 162.96
2021:Q4 167.8 163.54

Note: CPS labor force data adjusted for effects of population controls. Solid circles give January 22 levels, CPS employment plus job openings 168.44 and Labor force 163.69.

Source: For labor force, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Situation; for CPS employment plus job openings, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, via Haver Analytics; for both, Federal Reserve Board staff calculations.

Figure 4. Inflation has been rising, particularly for goods

Monthly
Percent change from year earlier

  Total PCE inflation Core PCE inflation
Jan-80 10.5 8.24
Feb-80 11.1 8.97
Mar-80 11.59 9.35
Apr-80 11.02 8.91
May-80 10.74 8.84
Jun-80 10.52 8.95
Jul-80 10.54 9.17
Aug-80 10.61 9.23
Sep-80 10.66 9.51
Oct-80 10.65 9.61
Nov-80 10.78 9.77
Dec-80 10.57 9.65
Jan-81 10.47 9.76
Feb-81 10.39 9.47
Mar-81 9.81 9.07
Apr-81 9.72 9.21
May-81 9.36 9.08
Jun-81 9.11 8.9
Jul-81 8.92 8.8
Aug-81 8.7 8.74
Sep-81 8.35 8.43
Oct-81 7.98 8.18
Nov-81 7.68 7.97
Dec-81 7.32 7.71
Jan-82 6.93 7.45
Feb-82 6.17 7.08
Mar-82 5.71 6.95
Apr-82 5.31 6.69
May-82 5.46 6.54
Jun-82 5.8 6.54
Jul-82 5.79 6.59
Aug-82 5.46 6.37
Sep-82 5.11 6.07
Oct-82 5.23 6.11
Nov-82 4.98 5.88
Dec-82 4.81 5.83
Jan-83 4.68 5.9
Feb-83 4.55 5.89
Mar-83 4.41 5.56
Apr-83 4.83 5.46
May-83 4.51 5.04
Jun-83 4.15 5.01
Jul-83 4.12 5.03
Aug-83 4.24 5.09
Sep-83 4.31 5.13
Oct-83 3.91 4.65
Nov-83 3.74 4.51
Dec-83 3.65 4.25
Jan-84 3.61 3.89
Feb-84 4.13 4.16
Mar-84 4.34 4.42
Apr-84 4.26 4.59
May-84 4.1 4.68
Jun-84 3.89 4.44
Jul-84 3.68 4.19
Aug-84 3.56 4
Sep-84 3.34 3.74
Oct-84 3.4 3.79
Nov-84 3.4 3.77
Dec-84 3.64 4.1
Jan-85 3.7 4.33
Feb-85 3.49 4.22
Mar-85 3.55 4.19
Apr-85 3.31 3.83
May-85 3.43 3.95
Jun-85 3.52 4.04
Jul-85 3.41 3.9
Aug-85 3.43 4.07
Sep-85 3.47 4.12
Oct-85 3.39 4.05
Nov-85 3.55 4.09
Dec-85 3.61 3.96
Jan-86 3.56 3.94
Feb-86 3.09 3.67
Mar-86 2.46 3.62
Apr-86 2.1 3.69
May-86 2.05 3.5
Jun-86 2.15 3.47
Jul-86 1.92 3.36
Aug-86 1.72 3.07
Sep-86 1.88 3.19
Oct-86 1.89 3.38
Nov-86 1.78 3.34
Dec-86 1.57 3.19
Jan-87 1.58 2.88
Feb-87 1.94 2.82
Mar-87 2.43 2.82
Apr-87 3.02 3.07
May-87 3.09 3.18
Jun-87 3.1 3.15
Jul-87 3.31 3.23
Aug-87 3.59 3.37
Sep-87 3.6 3.44
Oct-87 3.74 3.53
Nov-87 3.76 3.53
Dec-87 3.81 3.61
Jan-88 3.73 3.85
Feb-88 3.51 3.86
Mar-88 3.6 3.99
Apr-88 3.72 4.06
May-88 3.75 4.12
Jun-88 3.8 4.27
Jul-88 4.07 4.43
Aug-88 3.97 4.34
Sep-88 4.12 4.48
Oct-88 4.13 4.43
Nov-88 4.17 4.5
Dec-88 4.31 4.63
Jan-89 4.43 4.66
Feb-89 4.63 4.71
Mar-89 4.66 4.58
Apr-89 4.84 4.42
May-89 4.92 4.38
Jun-89 4.71 4.21
Jul-89 4.45 4.06
Aug-89 4.15 3.95
Sep-89 3.88 3.75
Oct-89 3.94 3.73
Nov-89 3.93 3.72
Dec-89 3.91 3.68
Jan-90 4.16 3.55
Feb-90 4.27 3.79
Mar-90 4.28 3.98
Apr-90 3.8 3.94
May-90 3.66 3.95
Jun-90 3.89 4.07
Jul-90 3.9 4.07
Aug-90 4.58 4.35
Sep-90 4.98 4.36
Oct-90 5.17 4.34
Nov-90 5.08 4.18
Dec-90 4.87 4.03
Jan-91 4.48 4.15
Feb-91 4.07 3.93
Mar-91 3.71 3.65
Apr-91 3.68 3.55
May-91 3.87 3.65
Jun-91 3.59 3.47
Jul-91 3.5 3.52
Aug-91 3.05 3.38
Sep-91 2.78 3.43
Oct-91 2.38 3.3
Nov-91 2.48 3.37
Dec-91 2.64 3.48
Jan-92 2.39 3.25
Feb-92 2.6 3.25
Mar-92 2.82 3.29
Apr-92 2.91 3.42
May-92 2.62 3.15
Jun-92 2.63 3.01
Jul-92 2.81 3.09
Aug-92 2.71 2.9
Sep-92 2.53 2.66
Oct-92 2.7 2.83
Nov-92 2.67 2.86
Dec-92 2.59 2.8
Jan-93 2.7 2.81
Feb-93 2.6 2.73
Mar-93 2.56 2.7
Apr-93 2.56 2.66
May-93 2.74 2.86
Jun-93 2.59 2.88
Jul-93 2.42 2.71
Aug-93 2.45 2.8
Sep-93 2.39 2.79
Oct-93 2.35 2.57
Nov-93 2.35 2.61
Dec-93 2.19 2.46
Jan-94 1.98 2.25
Feb-94 2.06 2.27
Mar-94 2.13 2.4
Apr-94 1.98 2.25
May-94 1.81 2.14
Jun-94 2.03 2.27
Jul-94 2.19 2.27
Aug-94 2.25 2.19
Sep-94 2.25 2.19
Oct-94 2.1 2.26
Nov-94 2.11 2.19
Dec-94 2.15 2.18
Jan-95 2.32 2.35
Feb-95 2.27 2.3
Mar-95 2.17 2.2
Apr-95 2.32 2.28
May-95 2.33 2.23
Jun-95 2.18 2.09
Jul-95 1.99 2.04
Aug-95 1.97 2.17
Sep-95 1.93 2.15
Oct-95 2.02 2.16
Nov-95 1.82 2.04
Dec-95 1.95 2.14
Jan-96 1.97 2.01
Feb-96 1.95 1.97
Mar-96 2.07 1.96
Apr-96 2.11 1.86
May-96 2.13 1.86
Jun-96 2.03 1.85
Jul-96 2.12 1.88
Aug-96 1.99 1.73
Sep-96 2.21 1.9
Oct-96 2.26 1.9
Nov-96 2.44 1.96
Dec-96 2.36 1.86
Jan-97 2.27 1.85
Feb-97 2.32 1.93
Mar-97 2.12 1.94
Apr-97 1.92 2
May-97 1.69 1.9
Jun-97 1.83 1.97
Jul-97 1.67 1.84
Aug-97 1.66 1.72
Sep-97 1.61 1.62
Oct-97 1.44 1.53
Nov-97 1.26 1.43
Dec-97 1.12 1.45
Jan-98 1.04 1.5
Feb-98 0.78 1.38
Mar-98 0.69 1.24
Apr-98 0.72 1.23
May-98 0.9 1.26
Jun-98 0.69 0.98
Jul-98 0.88 1.2
Aug-98 0.93 1.43
Sep-98 0.63 1.21
Oct-98 0.72 1.25
Nov-98 0.72 1.24
Dec-98 0.85 1.35
Jan-99 0.94 1.34
Feb-99 0.93 1.22
Mar-99 0.99 1.15
Apr-99 1.36 1.22
May-99 1.28 1.22
Jun-99 1.4 1.4
Jul-99 1.42 1.3
Aug-99 1.46 1.15
Sep-99 1.88 1.43
Oct-99 1.83 1.41
Nov-99 1.92 1.49
Dec-99 2.06 1.44
Jan-00 2.19 1.54
Feb-00 2.57 1.72
Mar-00 2.93 1.9
Apr-00 2.35 1.71
May-00 2.37 1.72
Jun-00 2.68 1.74
Jul-00 2.67 1.79
Aug-00 2.48 1.87
Sep-00 2.55 1.85
Oct-00 2.51 1.82
Nov-00 2.57 1.9
Dec-00 2.49 1.87
Jan-01 2.7 2.01
Feb-01 2.54 2.03
Mar-01 2.11 1.93
Apr-01 2.37 2.03
May-01 2.56 1.94
Jun-01 2.39 2.09
Jul-01 2.1 2.12
Aug-01 2.1 2.04
Sep-01 1.31 1.22
Oct-01 1.53 1.79
Nov-01 1.32 1.81
Dec-01 1.06 1.74
Jan-02 0.67 1.42
Feb-02 0.68 1.43
Mar-02 0.94 1.45
Apr-02 1.19 1.57
May-02 0.99 1.66
Jun-02 0.94 1.59
Jul-02 1.19 1.54
Aug-02 1.4 1.69
Sep-02 1.93 2.43
Oct-02 1.76 1.8
Nov-02 1.93 1.7
Dec-02 2.13 1.77
Jan-03 2.34 1.78
Feb-03 2.61 1.73
Mar-03 2.59 1.77
Apr-03 1.99 1.6
May-03 1.81 1.63
Jun-03 1.79 1.53
Jul-03 1.86 1.57
Aug-03 2.01 1.49
Sep-03 2.14 1.47
Oct-03 1.97 1.57
Nov-03 2 1.61
Dec-03 2.12 1.64
Jan-04 2.21 1.83
Feb-04 2 1.85
Mar-04 1.9 1.86
Apr-04 2.26 2.01
May-04 2.71 2
Jun-04 2.89 2.11
Jul-04 2.68 1.98
Aug-04 2.39 1.9
Sep-04 2.27 1.95
Oct-04 2.7 1.98
Nov-04 2.97 2.06
Dec-04 2.79 2.07
Jan-05 2.53 2.17
Feb-05 2.6 2.17
Mar-05 2.75 2.26
Apr-05 2.84 2.11
May-05 2.57 2.18
Jun-05 2.34 2.09
Jul-05 2.68 2.11
Aug-05 3.04 2.16
Sep-05 3.83 2.19
Oct-05 3.55 2.26
Nov-05 2.94 2.31
Dec-05 2.88 2.28
Jan-06 3.25 2.14
Feb-06 3.02 2.14
Mar-06 2.91 2.17
Apr-06 3.1 2.36
May-06 3.32 2.41
Jun-06 3.51 2.6
Jul-06 3.43 2.55
Aug-06 3.34 2.67
Sep-06 2.08 2.61
Oct-06 1.68 2.5
Nov-06 1.92 2.28
Dec-06 2.29 2.32
Jan-07 2.13 2.5
Feb-07 2.39 2.56
Mar-07 2.57 2.38
Apr-07 2.33 2.21
May-07 2.35 2.08
Jun-07 2.32 1.99
Jul-07 2.12 2.04
Aug-07 1.87 1.99
Sep-07 2.53 2.1
Oct-07 3.09 2.18
Nov-07 3.6 2.34
Dec-07 3.47 2.4
Jan-08 3.39 2.19
Feb-08 3.27 2.07
Mar-08 3.19 2.17
Apr-08 3.14 2.08
May-08 3.28 2.15
Jun-08 3.81 2.21
Jul-08 4.14 2.24
Aug-08 3.98 2.22
Sep-08 3.67 2.04
Oct-08 2.67 1.63
Nov-08 0.93 1.39
Dec-08 0.13 1.14
Jan-09 -0.11 0.91
Feb-09 -0.13 0.89
Mar-09 -0.53 0.76
Apr-09 -0.57 0.93
May-09 -0.89 0.82
Jun-09 -1.02 0.72
Jul-09 -1.47 0.63
Aug-09 -1.1 0.65
Sep-09 -1.02 0.72
Oct-09 0.01 1.24
Nov-09 1.46 1.37
Dec-09 2.09 1.51
Jan-10 2.3 1.69
Feb-10 2.12 1.7
Mar-10 2.37 1.78
Apr-10 2.28 1.6
May-10 2.21 1.64
Jun-10 1.56 1.56
Jul-10 1.64 1.47
Aug-10 1.48 1.42
Sep-10 1.42 1.3
Oct-10 1.36 1.08
Nov-10 1.31 1.12
Dec-10 1.48 1.06
Jan-11 1.56 1.12
Feb-11 1.85 1.21
Mar-11 2.11 1.21
Apr-11 2.49 1.4
May-11 2.77 1.52
Jun-11 2.79 1.59
Jul-11 2.88 1.73
Aug-11 2.98 1.84
Sep-11 3.02 1.85
Oct-11 2.69 1.74
Nov-11 2.7 1.83
Dec-11 2.53 1.98
Jan-12 2.57 2.06
Feb-12 2.51 2.02
Mar-12 2.3 2.04
Apr-12 2 1.96
May-12 1.58 1.83
Jun-12 1.55 1.82
Jul-12 1.41 1.77
Aug-12 1.51 1.64
Sep-12 1.68 1.69
Oct-12 1.98 1.89
Nov-12 1.7 1.78
Dec-12 1.63 1.69
Jan-13 1.47 1.59
Feb-13 1.62 1.58
Mar-13 1.29 1.5
Apr-13 1.08 1.42
May-13 1.26 1.43
Jun-13 1.53 1.49
Jul-13 1.62 1.51
Aug-13 1.43 1.57
Sep-13 1.17 1.56
Oct-13 1.04 1.53
Nov-13 1.26 1.59
Dec-13 1.48 1.66
Jan-14 1.48 1.54
Feb-14 1.17 1.48
Mar-14 1.5 1.58
Apr-14 1.78 1.7
May-14 1.89 1.77
Jun-14 1.79 1.72
Jul-14 1.81 1.77
Aug-14 1.64 1.69
Sep-14 1.63 1.71
Oct-14 1.43 1.58
Nov-14 1.19 1.51
Dec-14 0.84 1.47
Jan-15 0.18 1.36
Feb-15 0.29 1.4
Mar-15 0.28 1.36
Apr-15 0.16 1.34
May-15 0.23 1.28
Jun-15 0.31 1.29
Jul-15 0.24 1.19
Aug-15 0.26 1.23
Sep-15 0.08 1.23
Oct-15 0.09 1.16
Nov-15 0.23 1.16
Dec-15 0.3 1.13
Jan-16 0.82 1.34
Feb-16 0.59 1.39
Mar-16 0.63 1.38
Apr-16 0.89 1.47
May-16 0.8 1.5
Jun-16 0.79 1.5
Jul-16 0.75 1.58
Aug-16 0.9 1.7
Sep-16 1.23 1.68
Oct-16 1.46 1.82
Nov-16 1.44 1.76
Dec-16 1.71 1.83
Jan-17 2.04 1.9
Feb-17 2.19 1.89
Mar-17 1.9 1.69
Apr-17 1.84 1.7
May-17 1.66 1.65
Jun-17 1.58 1.7
Jul-17 1.56 1.59
Aug-17 1.63 1.5
Sep-17 1.88 1.58
Oct-17 1.82 1.69
Nov-17 1.96 1.7
Dec-17 1.88 1.72
Jan-18 1.84 1.73
Feb-18 1.96 1.78
Mar-18 2.18 2.08
Apr-18 2.15 2.01
May-18 2.37 2.11
Jun-18 2.38 2.07
Jul-18 2.44 2.13
Aug-18 2.28 2.03
Sep-18 2.07 2.04
Oct-18 2.11 1.93
Nov-18 2.01 2.06
Dec-18 1.86 2.06
Jan-19 1.47 1.83
Feb-19 1.36 1.67
Mar-19 1.47 1.56
Apr-19 1.62 1.69
May-19 1.5 1.61
Jun-19 1.46 1.72
Jul-19 1.52 1.73
Aug-19 1.51 1.85
Sep-19 1.38 1.71
Oct-19 1.41 1.72
Nov-19 1.42 1.57
Dec-19 1.65 1.64
Jan-20 1.9 1.78
Feb-20 1.87 1.91
Mar-20 1.34 1.7
Apr-20 0.41 0.91
May-20 0.51 1
Jun-20 0.91 1.13
Jul-20 1.04 1.3
Aug-20 1.3 1.5
Sep-20 1.38 1.57
Oct-20 1.17 1.42
Nov-20 1.11 1.38
Dec-20 1.29 1.48
Jan-21 1.41 1.51
Feb-21 1.63 1.49
Mar-21 2.45 1.97
Apr-21 3.58 3.08
May-21 3.97 3.46
Jun-21 4.03 3.59
Jul-21 4.16 3.6
Aug-21 4.24 3.6
Sep-21 4.44 3.7
Oct-21 5.05 4.18
Nov-21 5.64 4.67
Dec-21 5.79 4.9
Jan-22 6.06 5.21

Note: PCE is personal consumption expenditures.

Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Personal Income and Outlays, via Haver Analytics.

Monthly
Percent change from year earlier

  Core goods PCE Core services PCE Motor vehicles PCE
Jan-00 -0.92 2.58 0.3
Feb-00 -0.71 2.76 0.33
Mar-00 -0.06 2.73 0.82
Apr-00 -0.39 2.6 0.83
May-00 -0.32 2.58 1.05
Jun-00 -0.54 2.71 0.93
Jul-00 -0.51 2.77 0.28
Aug-00 -0.54 2.89 -0.27
Sep-00 -0.5 2.84 -0.29
Oct-00 -0.68 2.87 -0.32
Nov-00 -0.26 2.81 0.03
Dec-00 -0.3 2.79 0.75
Jan-01 -0.1 2.89 0.88
Feb-01 -0.03 2.9 1.03
Mar-01 -0.52 2.96 0.66
Apr-01 -0.63 3.14 0.56
May-01 -0.94 3.15 0.19
Jun-01 -0.57 3.21 0.05
Jul-01 -0.38 3.16 0.73
Aug-01 -0.63 3.16 0.84
Sep-01 -1.12 2.19 -0.75
Oct-01 -0.81 2.87 0.36
Nov-01 -0.94 2.96 0.25
Dec-01 -1.08 2.9 -0.08
Jan-02 -1.38 2.57 -0.33
Feb-02 -1.39 2.6 -0.81
Mar-02 -1.34 2.6 -0.74
Apr-02 -1.09 2.66 -0.68
May-02 -0.9 2.71 -0.66
Jun-02 -1.11 2.71 -0.61
Jul-02 -1.45 2.77 -0.71
Aug-02 -0.92 2.76 -0.5
Sep-02 -0.8 3.77 1.02
Oct-02 -1.11 3.01 -0.22
Nov-02 -1.35 2.96 -0.8
Dec-02 -1.33 3.05 -1.21
Jan-03 -1.55 3.15 -1.96
Feb-03 -1.73 3.15 -1.77
Mar-03 -1.81 3.24 -1.62
Apr-03 -2.2 3.16 -2.02
May-03 -2.4 3.29 -2.19
Jun-03 -2.46 3.17 -2.54
Jul-03 -2.22 3.13 -2.8
Aug-03 -2.54 3.15 -3.33
Sep-03 -2.57 3.12 -3.6
Oct-03 -2.52 3.24 -4.18
Nov-03 -2.5 3.29 -4.04
Dec-03 -2.33 3.26 -3.82
Jan-04 -1.89 3.35 -2.76
Feb-04 -1.51 3.22 -2.18
Mar-04 -1.15 3.09 -2.16
Apr-04 -0.97 3.22 -1.72
May-04 -0.55 3.04 -1.33
Jun-04 -0.4 3.13 -1.01
Jul-04 -0.76 3.09 -1.21
Aug-04 -0.82 3 -1.1
Sep-04 -0.6 2.97 -0.45
Oct-04 -0.1 2.82 0.74
Nov-04 0.14 2.83 1.68
Dec-04 0.11 2.85 2.05
Jan-05 0.11 2.99 2.02
Feb-05 -0.08 3.08 1.98
Mar-05 -0.18 3.23 1.75
Apr-05 -0.36 3.09 1.78
May-05 -0.12 3.09 2.02
Jun-05 -0.35 3.05 1.97
Jul-05 -0.28 3.07 1.62
Aug-05 -0.06 3.04 1.45
Sep-05 -0.1 3.1 1.31
Oct-05 -0.35 3.3 1.27
Nov-05 -0.33 3.35 0.76
Dec-05 -0.23 3.27 0.52
Jan-06 -0.29 3.1 0.62
Feb-06 -0.43 3.15 0.45
Mar-06 -0.32 3.15 0.47
Apr-06 -0.11 3.33 0.23
May-06 -0.32 3.48 -0.28
Jun-06 -0.18 3.68 -0.35
Jul-06 -0.19 3.61 0.23
Aug-06 0.04 3.7 0.75
Sep-06 -0.06 3.64 0.41
Oct-06 -0.2 3.54 -0.18
Nov-06 -0.59 3.4 -0.74
Dec-06 -0.6 3.45 -0.97
Jan-07 -0.53 3.68 -1.08
Feb-07 -0.29 3.66 -1.18
Mar-07 -0.61 3.53 -0.92
Apr-07 -0.87 3.4 -0.81
May-07 -0.93 3.23 -0.76
Jun-07 -0.94 3.11 -0.69
Jul-07 -0.86 3.15 -0.63
Aug-07 -1.22 3.21 -0.47
Sep-07 -1.13 3.33 -0.36
Oct-07 -0.88 3.35 -0.27
Nov-07 -0.55 3.43 0.26
Dec-07 -0.47 3.49 0.34
Jan-08 -0.45 3.19 -0.03
Feb-08 -0.61 3.07 -0.42
Mar-08 -0.39 3.12 -0.62
Apr-08 -0.34 2.97 -1.11
May-08 -0.42 3.09 -1.31
Jun-08 -0.31 3.13 -1.47
Jul-08 -0.1 3.09 -1.65
Aug-08 0.22 2.93 -2.13
Sep-08 0.15 2.71 -2.7
Oct-08 -0.1 2.24 -3.17
Nov-08 -0.23 1.95 -3.58
Dec-08 -0.48 1.69 -3.76
Jan-09 -0.54 1.4 -3.3
Feb-09 -0.04 1.2 -2.9
Mar-09 0.33 0.91 -3.23
Apr-09 0.97 0.92 -2.44
May-09 1.08 0.74 -1.83
Jun-09 1.13 0.58 -0.98
Jul-09 0.86 0.54 -0.9
Aug-09 0.67 0.64 -0.23
Sep-09 1.06 0.61 1.29
Oct-09 1.31 1.21 3.25
Nov-09 1.36 1.38 4.51
Dec-09 1.53 1.5 5.33
Jan-10 1.41 1.78 5.55
Feb-10 0.97 1.94 5.76
Mar-10 0.55 2.18 5.96
Apr-10 -0.28 2.22 5.36
May-10 -0.41 2.31 4.85
Jun-10 -0.61 2.27 4.65
Jul-10 -0.67 2.18 4.47
Aug-10 -0.51 2.06 4.4
Sep-10 -0.84 2.01 3.6
Oct-10 -1.08 1.8 2.24
Nov-10 -0.98 1.82 1.6
Dec-10 -1.05 1.75 1.33
Jan-11 -0.78 1.76 1.47
Feb-11 -0.57 1.8 1.66
Mar-11 -0.6 1.82 1.93
Apr-11 -0.04 1.87 2.65
May-11 0.34 1.92 3.53
Jun-11 0.6 1.91 3.78
Jul-11 0.88 2.02 4.06
Aug-11 0.93 2.14 4
Sep-11 0.82 2.19 3.68
Oct-11 1.03 1.98 3.72
Nov-11 1.15 2.05 3.52
Dec-11 1.26 2.21 3.32
Jan-12 1.22 2.34 2.91
Feb-12 1.03 2.36 2.38
Mar-12 1.19 2.33 2.6
Apr-12 0.88 2.33 2.09
May-12 0.63 2.22 1.51
Jun-12 0.37 2.3 0.71
Jul-12 0.3 2.26 0.77
Aug-12 -0.01 2.18 0.54
Sep-12 0.14 2.21 0.59
Oct-12 0.13 2.47 0.67
Nov-12 -0.06 2.39 0.64
Dec-12 -0.24 2.33 0.99
Jan-13 -0.35 2.24 0.8
Feb-13 -0.43 2.24 0.81
Mar-13 -0.78 2.25 0.4
Apr-13 -0.84 2.17 0.31
May-13 -0.93 2.21 0.13
Jun-13 -0.8 2.25 0.52
Jul-13 -0.82 2.29 0.52
Aug-13 -0.7 2.33 0.7
Sep-13 -0.81 2.35 0.94
Oct-13 -0.96 2.36 0.71
Nov-13 -0.98 2.46 0.56
Dec-13 -1 2.55 0.12
Jan-14 -1.13 2.44 -0.07
Feb-14 -1.1 2.35 0.19
Mar-14 -0.94 2.43 0.3
Apr-14 -0.8 2.53 0.54
May-14 -0.7 2.6 0.53
Jun-14 -0.66 2.51 0.13
Jul-14 -0.64 2.58 0.12
Aug-14 -0.79 2.53 0.07
Sep-14 -0.71 2.52 -0.33
Oct-14 -0.6 2.31 -0.22
Nov-14 -0.82 2.3 -0.35
Dec-14 -0.77 2.22 -0.41
Jan-15 -0.94 2.13 -0.51
Feb-15 -0.73 2.11 0.11
Mar-15 -0.63 2.03 0.01
Apr-15 -0.58 1.98 -0.05
May-15 -0.58 1.91 0.3
Jun-15 -0.83 2 0.45
Jul-15 -0.95 1.92 0.16
Aug-15 -0.9 1.94 -0.18
Sep-15 -0.8 1.92 0
Oct-15 -0.98 1.88 -0.25
Nov-15 -0.79 1.81 -0.21
Dec-15 -0.79 1.77 -0.53
Jan-16 -0.62 1.99 -0.06
Feb-16 -0.63 2.07 -0.81
Mar-16 -0.75 2.1 -0.81
Apr-16 -0.65 2.18 -0.78
May-16 -0.84 2.28 -1.23
Jun-16 -0.86 2.29 -1.48
Jul-16 -0.86 2.4 -1.55
Aug-16 -0.58 2.46 -1.4
Sep-16 -0.58 2.44 -1.09
Oct-16 -0.52 2.6 -1.22
Nov-16 -0.88 2.64 -1.75
Dec-16 -0.84 2.72 -1.11
Jan-17 -0.43 2.68 -0.74
Feb-17 -0.57 2.71 -1.08
Mar-17 -0.63 2.46 -1.36
Apr-17 -0.87 2.56 -1.29
May-17 -0.89 2.5 -1.1
Jun-17 -0.67 2.48 -1.25
Jul-17 -0.58 2.31 -1.45
Aug-17 -0.94 2.31 -1.42
Sep-17 -1.09 2.47 -1.53
Oct-17 -0.97 2.57 -1.34
Nov-17 -0.88 2.55 -1.06
Dec-17 -0.85 2.57 -0.83
Jan-18 -0.89 2.6 -1.48
Feb-18 -0.9 2.67 -1.51
Mar-18 -0.66 2.99 -0.83
Apr-18 -0.45 2.83 -1.34
May-18 -0.23 2.88 -1.1
Jun-18 -0.46 2.9 -0.45
Jul-18 -0.55 3.01 0.31
Aug-18 -0.76 2.94 0.49
Sep-18 -0.7 2.94 -0.17
Oct-18 -0.69 2.79 -0.02
Nov-18 -0.39 2.86 0.62
Dec-18 -0.49 2.89 0.25
Jan-19 -0.42 2.57 0.25
Feb-19 -0.7 2.44 0.19
Mar-19 -0.89 2.36 0.11
Apr-19 -0.99 2.56 0.93
May-19 -0.95 2.45 0.59
Jun-19 -0.55 2.45 0.48
Jul-19 -0.61 2.5 0.04
Aug-19 -0.2 2.52 0.08
Sep-19 -0.4 2.4 0.34
Oct-19 -0.46 2.43 0.21
Nov-19 -0.58 2.28 -0.08
Dec-19 -0.53 2.36 -0.12
Jan-20 -0.75 2.63 0.04
Feb-20 -0.35 2.66 0.57
Mar-20 -0.68 2.51 -0.08
Apr-20 -1.67 1.8 -2.65
May-20 -1.71 1.94 -0.77
Jun-20 -1.3 1.97 1.36
Jul-20 -0.6 1.95 2.51
Aug-20 -0.06 2.03 3.56
Sep-20 -0.11 2.16 4.79
Oct-20 -0.34 2.04 5
Nov-20 -0.15 1.93 4.19
Dec-20 0.05 2 4.03
Jan-21 0.36 1.92 3.64
Feb-21 0.28 1.93 4.43
Mar-21 0.95 2.36 5.52
Apr-21 3.11 3.07 11.51
May-21 4.29 3.14 13.87
Jun-21 4.29 3.31 15.17
Jul-21 3.99 3.44 14.8
Aug-21 3.94 3.45 13.68
Sep-21 4.42 3.41 14.14
Oct-21 5.7 3.59 17.43
Nov-21 6.12 4.11 20.51
Dec-21 6.79 4.17 23.03
Jan-22 7.33 4.4 24.01

Note: PCE is personal consumption expenditures.

Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Personal Income and Outlays, via Haver Analytics.

Figure 5. FOMC participants project a higher federal funds rate path

Annual
Percent

  June 2021 September 2021 December 2021 March 2022
2021 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
2022 0.1 0.3 0.9 1.9
2023 0.6 1 1.6 2.8
2024 ND 1.8 2.1 2.8

Note: Figure reports the median expectation of FOMC participants for the federal funds rate at the end of the year indicated.

Source: Summary of Economic Projections, available on the Board’s website at https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomccalendars.htm.

Figure 6. Three soft landings

Monthly
Federal funds rate, percent

  Federal funds rate
Jan-60 3.99
Feb-60 3.97
Mar-60 3.84
Apr-60 3.92
May-60 3.85
Jun-60 3.32
Jul-60 3.23
Aug-60 2.98
Sep-60 2.6
Oct-60 2.47
Nov-60 2.44
Dec-60 1.98
Jan-61 1.45
Feb-61 2.54
Mar-61 2.02
Apr-61 1.49
May-61 1.98
Jun-61 1.73
Jul-61 1.17
Aug-61 2
Sep-61 1.88
Oct-61 2.26
Nov-61 2.61
Dec-61 2.33
Jan-62 2.15
Feb-62 2.37
Mar-62 2.85
Apr-62 2.78
May-62 2.36
Jun-62 2.68
Jul-62 2.71
Aug-62 2.93
Sep-62 2.9
Oct-62 2.9
Nov-62 2.94
Dec-62 2.93
Jan-63 2.92
Feb-63 3
Mar-63 2.98
Apr-63 2.9
May-63 3
Jun-63 2.99
Jul-63 3.02
Aug-63 3.49
Sep-63 3.48
Oct-63 3.5
Nov-63 3.48
Dec-63 3.38
Jan-64 3.48
Feb-64 3.48
Mar-64 3.43
Apr-64 3.47
May-64 3.5
Jun-64 3.5
Jul-64 3.42
Aug-64 3.5
Sep-64 3.45
Oct-64 3.36
Nov-64 3.52
Dec-64 3.85
Jan-65 3.9
Feb-65 3.98
Mar-65 4.05
Apr-65 4.09
May-65 4.1
Jun-65 4.05
Jul-65 4.09
Aug-65 4.12
Sep-65 4.02
Oct-65 4.08
Nov-65 4.1
Dec-65 4.32
Jan-66 4.42
Feb-66 4.6
Mar-66 4.66
Apr-66 4.67
May-66 4.9
Jun-66 5.17
Jul-66 5.3
Aug-66 5.53
Sep-66 5.4
Oct-66 5.53
Nov-66 5.76
Dec-66 5.4
Jan-67 4.94
Feb-67 5
Mar-67 4.53
Apr-67 4.05
May-67 3.94
Jun-67 3.98
Jul-67 3.79
Aug-67 3.9
Sep-67 3.99
Oct-67 3.88
Nov-67 4.13
Dec-67 4.51
Jan-68 4.61
Feb-68 4.71
Mar-68 5.05
Apr-68 5.76
May-68 6.12
Jun-68 6.07
Jul-68 6.03
Aug-68 6.03
Sep-68 5.78
Oct-68 5.91
Nov-68 5.82
Dec-68 6.02
Jan-69 6.3
Feb-69 6.61
Mar-69 6.79
Apr-69 7.41
May-69 8.67
Jun-69 8.9
Jul-69 8.61
Aug-69 9.19
Sep-69 9.15
Oct-69 9
Nov-69 8.85
Dec-69 8.97
Jan-70 8.98
Feb-70 8.98
Mar-70 7.76
Apr-70 8.1
May-70 7.95
Jun-70 7.61
Jul-70 7.21
Aug-70 6.62
Sep-70 6.29
Oct-70 6.2
Nov-70 5.6
Dec-70 4.9
Jan-71 4.14
Feb-71 3.72
Mar-71 3.71
Apr-71 4.16
May-71 4.63
Jun-71 4.91
Jul-71 5.31
Aug-71 5.57
Sep-71 5.55
Oct-71 5.2
Nov-71 4.91
Dec-71 4.14
Jan-72 3.51
Feb-72 3.3
Mar-72 3.83
Apr-72 4.17
May-72 4.27
Jun-72 4.46
Jul-72 4.55
Aug-72 4.81
Sep-72 4.87
Oct-72 5.05
Nov-72 5.06
Dec-72 5.33
Jan-73 5.94
Feb-73 6.58
Mar-73 7.09
Apr-73 7.12
May-73 7.84
Jun-73 8.49
Jul-73 10.4
Aug-73 10.5
Sep-73 10.78
Oct-73 10.01
Nov-73 10.03
Dec-73 9.95
Jan-74 9.65
Feb-74 8.97
Mar-74 9.35
Apr-74 10.51
May-74 11.31
Jun-74 11.93
Jul-74 12.92
Aug-74 12.01
Sep-74 11.34
Oct-74 10.06
Nov-74 9.45
Dec-74 8.53
Jan-75 7.13
Feb-75 6.24
Mar-75 5.54
Apr-75 5.49
May-75 5.22
Jun-75 5.55
Jul-75 6.1
Aug-75 6.14
Sep-75 6.24
Oct-75 5.82
Nov-75 5.22
Dec-75 5.2
Jan-76 4.87
Feb-76 4.77
Mar-76 4.84
Apr-76 4.82
May-76 5.29
Jun-76 5.48
Jul-76 5.31
Aug-76 5.29
Sep-76 5.25
Oct-76 5.02
Nov-76 4.95
Dec-76 4.65
Jan-77 4.61
Feb-77 4.68
Mar-77 4.69
Apr-77 4.73
May-77 5.35
Jun-77 5.39
Jul-77 5.42
Aug-77 5.9
Sep-77 6.14
Oct-77 6.47
Nov-77 6.51
Dec-77 6.56
Jan-78 6.7
Feb-78 6.78
Mar-78 6.79
Apr-78 6.89
May-78 7.36
Jun-78 7.6
Jul-78 7.81
Aug-78 8.04
Sep-78 8.45
Oct-78 8.96
Nov-78 9.76
Dec-78 10.03
Jan-79 10.07
Feb-79 10.06
Mar-79 10.09
Apr-79 10.01
May-79 10.24
Jun-79 10.29
Jul-79 10.47
Aug-79 10.94
Sep-79 11.43
Oct-79 13.77
Nov-79 13.18
Dec-79 13.78
Jan-80 13.82
Feb-80 14.13
Mar-80 17.19
Apr-80 17.61
May-80 10.98
Jun-80 9.47
Jul-80 9.03
Aug-80 9.61
Sep-80 10.87
Oct-80 12.81
Nov-80 15.85
Dec-80 18.9
Jan-81 19.08
Feb-81 15.93
Mar-81 14.7
Apr-81 15.72
May-81 18.52
Jun-81 19.1
Jul-81 19.04
Aug-81 17.82
Sep-81 15.87
Oct-81 15.08
Nov-81 13.31
Dec-81 12.37
Jan-82 13.22
Feb-82 14.78
Mar-82 14.68
Apr-82 14.94
May-82 14.45
Jun-82 14.15
Jul-82 12.59
Aug-82 10.12
Sep-82 10.31
Oct-82 9.71
Nov-82 9.2
Dec-82 8.95
Jan-83 8.68
Feb-83 8.51
Mar-83 8.77
Apr-83 8.8
May-83 8.63
Jun-83 8.98
Jul-83 9.37
Aug-83 9.56
Sep-83 9.45
Oct-83 9.48
Nov-83 9.34
Dec-83 9.47
Jan-84 9.56
Feb-84 9.59
Mar-84 9.91
Apr-84 10.29
May-84 10.32
Jun-84 11.06
Jul-84 11.23
Aug-84 11.64
Sep-84 11.3
Oct-84 9.99
Nov-84 9.43
Dec-84 8.38
Jan-85 8.35
Feb-85 8.5
Mar-85 8.58
Apr-85 8.27
May-85 7.97
Jun-85 7.53
Jul-85 7.88
Aug-85 7.9
Sep-85 7.92
Oct-85 7.99
Nov-85 8.05
Dec-85 8.27
Jan-86 8.14
Feb-86 7.86
Mar-86 7.48
Apr-86 6.99
May-86 6.85
Jun-86 6.92
Jul-86 6.56
Aug-86 6.17
Sep-86 5.89
Oct-86 5.85
Nov-86 6.04
Dec-86 6.91
Jan-87 6.43
Feb-87 6.1
Mar-87 6.13
Apr-87 6.37
May-87 6.85
Jun-87 6.73
Jul-87 6.58
Aug-87 6.73
Sep-87 7.22
Oct-87 7.29
Nov-87 6.69
Dec-87 6.77
Jan-88 6.83
Feb-88 6.58
Mar-88 6.58
Apr-88 6.87
May-88 7.09
Jun-88 7.51
Jul-88 7.75
Aug-88 8.01
Sep-88 8.19
Oct-88 8.3
Nov-88 8.35
Dec-88 8.76
Jan-89 9.12
Feb-89 9.36
Mar-89 9.85
Apr-89 9.84
May-89 9.81
Jun-89 9.53
Jul-89 9.24
Aug-89 8.99
Sep-89 9.02
Oct-89 8.84
Nov-89 8.55
Dec-89 8.45
Jan-90 8.23
Feb-90 8.24
Mar-90 8.28
Apr-90 8.26
May-90 8.18
Jun-90 8.29
Jul-90 8.15
Aug-90 8.13
Sep-90 8.2
Oct-90 8.11
Nov-90 7.81
Dec-90 7.31
Jan-91 6.91
Feb-91 6.25
Mar-91 6.12
Apr-91 5.91
May-91 5.78
Jun-91 5.9
Jul-91 5.82
Aug-91 5.66
Sep-91 5.45
Oct-91 5.21
Nov-91 4.81
Dec-91 4.43
Jan-92 4.03
Feb-92 4.06
Mar-92 3.98
Apr-92 3.73
May-92 3.82
Jun-92 3.76
Jul-92 3.25
Aug-92 3.3
Sep-92 3.22
Oct-92 3.1
Nov-92 3.09
Dec-92 2.92
Jan-93 3.02
Feb-93 3.03
Mar-93 3.07
Apr-93 2.96
May-93 3
Jun-93 3.04
Jul-93 3.06
Aug-93 3.03
Sep-93 3.09
Oct-93 2.99
Nov-93 3.02
Dec-93 2.96
Jan-94 3.05
Feb-94 3.25
Mar-94 3.34
Apr-94 3.56
May-94 4.01
Jun-94 4.25
Jul-94 4.26
Aug-94 4.47
Sep-94 4.73
Oct-94 4.76
Nov-94 5.29
Dec-94 5.45
Jan-95 5.53
Feb-95 5.92
Mar-95 5.98
Apr-95 6.05
May-95 6.01
Jun-95 6
Jul-95 5.85
Aug-95 5.74
Sep-95 5.8
Oct-95 5.76
Nov-95 5.8
Dec-95 5.6
Jan-96 5.56
Feb-96 5.22
Mar-96 5.31
Apr-96 5.22
May-96 5.24
Jun-96 5.27
Jul-96 5.4
Aug-96 5.22
Sep-96 5.3
Oct-96 5.24
Nov-96 5.31
Dec-96 5.29
Jan-97 5.25
Feb-97 5.19
Mar-97 5.39
Apr-97 5.51
May-97 5.5
Jun-97 5.56
Jul-97 5.52
Aug-97 5.54
Sep-97 5.54
Oct-97 5.5
Nov-97 5.52
Dec-97 5.5
Jan-98 5.56
Feb-98 5.51
Mar-98 5.49
Apr-98 5.45
May-98 5.49
Jun-98 5.56
Jul-98 5.54
Aug-98 5.55
Sep-98 5.51
Oct-98 5.07
Nov-98 4.83
Dec-98 4.68
Jan-99 4.63
Feb-99 4.76
Mar-99 4.81
Apr-99 4.74
May-99 4.74
Jun-99 4.76
Jul-99 4.99
Aug-99 5.07
Sep-99 5.22
Oct-99 5.2
Nov-99 5.42
Dec-99 5.3
Jan-00 5.45
Feb-00 5.73
Mar-00 5.85
Apr-00 6.02
May-00 6.27
Jun-00 6.53
Jul-00 6.54
Aug-00 6.5
Sep-00 6.52
Oct-00 6.51
Nov-00 6.51
Dec-00 6.4
Jan-01 5.98
Feb-01 5.49
Mar-01 5.31
Apr-01 4.8
May-01 4.21
Jun-01 3.97
Jul-01 3.77
Aug-01 3.65
Sep-01 3.07
Oct-01 2.49
Nov-01 2.09
Dec-01 1.82
Jan-02 1.73
Feb-02 1.74
Mar-02 1.73
Apr-02 1.75
May-02 1.75
Jun-02 1.75
Jul-02 1.73
Aug-02 1.74
Sep-02 1.75
Oct-02 1.75
Nov-02 1.34
Dec-02 1.24
Jan-03 1.24
Feb-03 1.26
Mar-03 1.25
Apr-03 1.26
May-03 1.26
Jun-03 1.22
Jul-03 1.01
Aug-03 1.03
Sep-03 1.01
Oct-03 1.01
Nov-03 1
Dec-03 0.98
Jan-04 1
Feb-04 1.01
Mar-04 1
Apr-04 1
May-04 1
Jun-04 1.03
Jul-04 1.26
Aug-04 1.43
Sep-04 1.61
Oct-04 1.76
Nov-04 1.93
Dec-04 2.16
Jan-05 2.28
Feb-05 2.5
Mar-05 2.63
Apr-05 2.79
May-05 3
Jun-05 3.04
Jul-05 3.26
Aug-05 3.5
Sep-05 3.62
Oct-05 3.78
Nov-05 4
Dec-05 4.16
Jan-06 4.29
Feb-06 4.49
Mar-06 4.59
Apr-06 4.79
May-06 4.94
Jun-06 4.99
Jul-06 5.24
Aug-06 5.25
Sep-06 5.25
Oct-06 5.25
Nov-06 5.25
Dec-06 5.24
Jan-07 5.25
Feb-07 5.26
Mar-07 5.26
Apr-07 5.25
May-07 5.25
Jun-07 5.25
Jul-07 5.26
Aug-07 5.02
Sep-07 4.94
Oct-07 4.76
Nov-07 4.49
Dec-07 4.24
Jan-08 3.94
Feb-08 2.98
Mar-08 2.61
Apr-08 2.28
May-08 1.98
Jun-08 2
Jul-08 2.01
Aug-08 2
Sep-08 1.81
Oct-08 0.97
Nov-08 0.39
Dec-08 0.16
Jan-09 0.15
Feb-09 0.22
Mar-09 0.18
Apr-09 0.15
May-09 0.18
Jun-09 0.21
Jul-09 0.16
Aug-09 0.16
Sep-09 0.15
Oct-09 0.12
Nov-09 0.12
Dec-09 0.12
Jan-10 0.11
Feb-10 0.13
Mar-10 0.16
Apr-10 0.2
May-10 0.2
Jun-10 0.18
Jul-10 0.18
Aug-10 0.19
Sep-10 0.19
Oct-10 0.19
Nov-10 0.19
Dec-10 0.18
Jan-11 0.17
Feb-11 0.16
Mar-11 0.14
Apr-11 0.1
May-11 0.09
Jun-11 0.09
Jul-11 0.07
Aug-11 0.1
Sep-11 0.08
Oct-11 0.07
Nov-11 0.08
Dec-11 0.07
Jan-12 0.08
Feb-12 0.1
Mar-12 0.13
Apr-12 0.14
May-12 0.16
Jun-12 0.16
Jul-12 0.16
Aug-12 0.13
Sep-12 0.14
Oct-12 0.16
Nov-12 0.16
Dec-12 0.16
Jan-13 0.14
Feb-13 0.15
Mar-13 0.14
Apr-13 0.15
May-13 0.11
Jun-13 0.09
Jul-13 0.09
Aug-13 0.08
Sep-13 0.08
Oct-13 0.09
Nov-13 0.08
Dec-13 0.09
Jan-14 0.07
Feb-14 0.07
Mar-14 0.08
Apr-14 0.09
May-14 0.09
Jun-14 0.1
Jul-14 0.09
Aug-14 0.09
Sep-14 0.09
Oct-14 0.09
Nov-14 0.09
Dec-14 0.12
Jan-15 0.11
Feb-15 0.11
Mar-15 0.11
Apr-15 0.12
May-15 0.12
Jun-15 0.13
Jul-15 0.13
Aug-15 0.14
Sep-15 0.14
Oct-15 0.12
Nov-15 0.12
Dec-15 0.24
Jan-16 0.34
Feb-16 0.38
Mar-16 0.36
Apr-16 0.37
May-16 0.37
Jun-16 0.38
Jul-16 0.39
Aug-16 0.4
Sep-16 0.4
Oct-16 0.4
Nov-16 0.41
Dec-16 0.54
Jan-17 0.65
Feb-17 0.66
Mar-17 0.79
Apr-17 0.9
May-17 0.91
Jun-17 1.04
Jul-17 1.15
Aug-17 1.16
Sep-17 1.15
Oct-17 1.15
Nov-17 1.16
Dec-17 1.3
Jan-18 1.41
Feb-18 1.42
Mar-18 1.51
Apr-18 1.69
May-18 1.7
Jun-18 1.82
Jul-18 1.91
Aug-18 1.91
Sep-18 1.95
Oct-18 2.19
Nov-18 2.2
Dec-18 2.27
Jan-19 2.4
Feb-19 2.4
Mar-19 2.41
Apr-19 2.42
May-19 2.39
Jun-19 2.38
Jul-19 2.4
Aug-19 2.13
Sep-19 2.04
Oct-19 1.83
Nov-19 1.55
Dec-19 1.55
Jan-20 1.55
Feb-20 1.58
Mar-20 0.65
Apr-20 0.05
May-20 0.05
Jun-20 0.08
Jul-20 0.09
Aug-20 0.1
Sep-20 0.09
Oct-20 0.09
Nov-20 0.09
Dec-20 0.09
Jan-21 0.09
Feb-21 0.08
Mar-21 0.07
Apr-21 0.07
May-21 0.06
Jun-21 0.08
Jul-21 0.1
Aug-21 0.09
Sep-21 0.08
Oct-21 0.08
Nov-21 0.08
Dec-21 0.08
Jan-22 0.08
Feb-22 0.08

Note: The shaded bars indicate periods of business recession as defined by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER): December 1969 to November 1970, November 1973 to March 1975, January 1980 to July 1980, July 1981 to November 1982, July 1990 to March 1991, March 2001 to November 2001, December 2007 to June 2009, and February 2020 to April 2020.

Source: Federal Reserve Board, Statistical Release H.15, "Selected Interest Rates".

Figure 7. Longer-run expectations remain well-anchored in their historical ranges

Monthly
Percent

  Michigan survey, next 5 to 10 years
Apr-90 4
May-90 4.3
Jun-90 4.6
Jul-90 4.2
Aug-90 4.6
Sep-90 4.7
Oct-90 4.6
Nov-90 4.6
Dec-90 4.5
Jan-91 4.6
Feb-91 4.6
Mar-91 4.6
Apr-91 4.2
May-91 4.4
Jun-91 4.5
Jul-91 4.2
Aug-91 4
Sep-91 3.9
Oct-91 3.7
Nov-91 3.8
Dec-91 3.8
Jan-92 3.6
Feb-92 3.4
Mar-92 3.6
Apr-92 3.9
May-92 4
Jun-92 3.4
Jul-92 3.7
Aug-92 4.2
Sep-92 3.5
Oct-92 3.7
Nov-92 3.7
Dec-92 3.4
Jan-93 3.4
Feb-93 4.1
Mar-93 3.6
Apr-93 3.5
May-93 3.5
Jun-93 3.8
Jul-93 3.5
Aug-93 3.3
Sep-93 3.3
Oct-93 3.5
Nov-93 3.4
Dec-93 3.6
Jan-94 3.2
Feb-94 3.3
Mar-94 3.4
Apr-94 3.2
May-94 3.4
Jun-94 3.4
Jul-94 3.2
Aug-94 3.5
Sep-94 3.2
Oct-94 3.3
Nov-94 3.2
Dec-94 3.2
Jan-95 3.2
Feb-95 3.2
Mar-95 3.3
Apr-95 3.5
May-95 3.2
Jun-95 3.1
Jul-95 3.2
Aug-95 3.1
Sep-95 3.1
Oct-95 3.2
Nov-95 3.1
Dec-95 3.1
Jan-96 3.2
Feb-96 3.3
Mar-96 3.2
Apr-96 3
May-96 3.3
Jun-96 3.1
Jul-96 3.2
Aug-96 3.3
Sep-96 3.2
Oct-96 3
Nov-96 3
Dec-96 3
Jan-97 3.2
Feb-97 3.1
Mar-97 3
Apr-97 2.9
May-97 3
Jun-97 3.1
Jul-97 2.9
Aug-97 3
Sep-97 3.1
Oct-97 3
Nov-97 3.1
Dec-97 3.1
Jan-98 2.9
Feb-98 2.9
Mar-98 2.8
Apr-98 2.7
May-98 2.8
Jun-98 2.9
Jul-98 2.7
Aug-98 2.7
Sep-98 2.9
Oct-98 2.8
Nov-98 2.8
Dec-98 2.9
Jan-99 3
Feb-99 2.8
Mar-99 2.7
Apr-99 2.8
May-99 2.9
Jun-99 2.8
Jul-99 2.9
Aug-99 2.8
Sep-99 2.9
Oct-99 2.8
Nov-99 2.9
Dec-99 2.9
Jan-00 3
Feb-00 2.9
Mar-00 3.1
Apr-00 2.8
May-00 2.9
Jun-00 2.8
Jul-00 2.8
Aug-00 2.9
Sep-00 3
Oct-00 3
Nov-00 2.9
Dec-00 3
Jan-01 2.9
Feb-01 3
Mar-01 3
Apr-01 3.1
May-01 3
Jun-01 3
Jul-01 2.9
Aug-01 3
Sep-01 2.9
Oct-01 2.7
Nov-01 2.8
Dec-01 3
Jan-02 2.7
Feb-02 2.8
Mar-02 2.8
Apr-02 2.8
May-02 3
Jun-02 2.8
Jul-02 2.8
Aug-02 2.9
Sep-02 2.5
Oct-02 2.8
Nov-02 2.8
Dec-02 2.8
Jan-03 2.7
Feb-03 2.7
Mar-03 2.8
Apr-03 2.7
May-03 2.8
Jun-03 2.7
Jul-03 2.7
Aug-03 2.7
Sep-03 2.7
Oct-03 2.8
Nov-03 2.7
Dec-03 2.8
Jan-04 2.8
Feb-04 2.9
Mar-04 2.9
Apr-04 2.7
May-04 2.8
Jun-04 2.9
Jul-04 2.8
Aug-04 2.7
Sep-04 2.8
Oct-04 2.8
Nov-04 2.7
Dec-04 2.8
Jan-05 2.7
Feb-05 2.8
Mar-05 2.9
Apr-05 3
May-05 2.9
Jun-05 2.8
Jul-05 2.9
Aug-05 2.8
Sep-05 3.1
Oct-05 3.2
Nov-05 3
Dec-05 3.1
Jan-06 2.9
Feb-06 2.9
Mar-06 2.9
Apr-06 3.1
May-06 3.2
Jun-06 2.9
Jul-06 2.9
Aug-06 3.2
Sep-06 3
Oct-06 3.1
Nov-06 3
Dec-06 3
Jan-07 3
Feb-07 2.9
Mar-07 2.9
Apr-07 3.1
May-07 3.1
Jun-07 2.9
Jul-07 3.1
Aug-07 2.9
Sep-07 2.9
Oct-07 2.8
Nov-07 2.9
Dec-07 3.1
Jan-08 3
Feb-08 3
Mar-08 2.9
Apr-08 3.2
May-08 3.4
Jun-08 3.4
Jul-08 3.2
Aug-08 3.2
Sep-08 3
Oct-08 2.9
Nov-08 2.9
Dec-08 2.6
Jan-09 2.9
Feb-09 3.1
Mar-09 2.6
Apr-09 2.8
May-09 2.9
Jun-09 3
Jul-09 3
Aug-09 2.8
Sep-09 2.8
Oct-09 2.9
Nov-09 3
Dec-09 2.7
Jan-10 2.9
Feb-10 2.7
Mar-10 2.7
Apr-10 2.7
May-10 2.9
Jun-10 2.8
Jul-10 2.9
Aug-10 2.8
Sep-10 2.7
Oct-10 2.8
Nov-10 2.8
Dec-10 2.8
Jan-11 2.9
Feb-11 2.9
Mar-11 3.2
Apr-11 2.9
May-11 2.9
Jun-11 3
Jul-11 2.9
Aug-11 2.9
Sep-11 2.8
Oct-11 2.7
Nov-11 2.7
Dec-11 2.7
Jan-12 2.7
Feb-12 2.9
Mar-12 3
Apr-12 2.9
May-12 2.7
Jun-12 2.8
Jul-12 2.7
Aug-12 3
Sep-12 2.8
Oct-12 2.7
Nov-12 2.8
Dec-12 2.9
Jan-13 2.9
Feb-13 3
Mar-13 2.8
Apr-13 2.9
May-13 2.9
Jun-13 2.9
Jul-13 2.8
Aug-13 2.9
Sep-13 3
Oct-13 2.8
Nov-13 2.9
Dec-13 2.7
Jan-14 2.9
Feb-14 2.9
Mar-14 2.9
Apr-14 2.9
May-14 2.8
Jun-14 2.9
Jul-14 2.7
Aug-14 2.9
Sep-14 2.8
Oct-14 2.8
Nov-14 2.6
Dec-14 2.8
Jan-15 2.8
Feb-15 2.7
Mar-15 2.8
Apr-15 2.6
May-15 2.8
Jun-15 2.6
Jul-15 2.8
Aug-15 2.7
Sep-15 2.7
Oct-15 2.5
Nov-15 2.6
Dec-15 2.6
Jan-16 2.7
Feb-16 2.5
Mar-16 2.7
Apr-16 2.5
May-16 2.5
Jun-16 2.6
Jul-16 2.6
Aug-16 2.5
Sep-16 2.6
Oct-16 2.4
Nov-16 2.6
Dec-16 2.3
Jan-17 2.6
Feb-17 2.5
Mar-17 2.4
Apr-17 2.4
May-17 2.4
Jun-17 2.5
Jul-17 2.6
Aug-17 2.5
Sep-17 2.5
Oct-17 2.5
Nov-17 2.4
Dec-17 2.4
Jan-18 2.5
Feb-18 2.5
Mar-18 2.5
Apr-18 2.5
May-18 2.5
Jun-18 2.6
Jul-18 2.4
Aug-18 2.6
Sep-18 2.5
Oct-18 2.4
Nov-18 2.6
Dec-18 2.5
Jan-19 2.6
Feb-19 2.3
Mar-19 2.5
Apr-19 2.3
May-19 2.6
Jun-19 2.3
Jul-19 2.5
Aug-19 2.6
Sep-19 2.4
Oct-19 2.3
Nov-19 2.5
Dec-19 2.2
Jan-20 2.5
Feb-20 2.3
Mar-20 2.3
Apr-20 2.5
May-20 2.7
Jun-20 2.5
Jul-20 2.6
Aug-20 2.7
Sep-20 2.7
Oct-20 2.4
Nov-20 2.5
Dec-20 2.5
Jan-21 2.7
Feb-21 2.7
Mar-21 2.8
Apr-21 2.7
May-21 3
Jun-21 2.8
Jul-21 2.8
Aug-21 2.9
Sep-21 3
Oct-21 2.9
Nov-21 3
Dec-21 2.9
Jan-22 3.1
Feb-22 3
Mar-22 3

Note: The series are medians of the survey responses about average inflation during the next 5 to 10 years. March data are preliminary.

Source: University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers.

Last Update: March 21, 2022