Historical Year Data · 2008

Labor Force Participation in 2008

Labor Force Participation opened 2008 at 66.20% and closed at 65.80%, a -0.60% move for the year. The high of 66.20% was reached on January 1, and the low of 65.80% on December 1.

Open

66.20%

2008-01

65.80%

12 data points

High

66.20%

Jan 1

Low

65.80%

Dec 1

Full Year Change

-0.60%

2007 Change

-0.60%

Monthly Breakdown

Month	Open	Close	High	Low	Change
Jan	66.20%	66.20%	66.20%	66.20%	+0.00%
Feb	66.00%	66.00%	66.00%	66.00%	+0.00%
Mar	66.10%	66.10%	66.10%	66.10%	+0.00%
Apr	65.90%	65.90%	65.90%	65.90%	+0.00%
May	66.10%	66.10%	66.10%	66.10%	+0.00%
Jun	66.10%	66.10%	66.10%	66.10%	+0.00%
Jul	66.10%	66.10%	66.10%	66.10%	+0.00%
Aug	66.10%	66.10%	66.10%	66.10%	+0.00%
Sep	66.00%	66.00%	66.00%	66.00%	+0.00%
Oct	66.00%	66.00%	66.00%	66.00%	+0.00%
Nov	65.90%	65.90%	65.90%	65.90%	+0.00%
Dec	65.80%	65.80%	65.80%	65.80%	+0.00%

Events During 2008

2008 Financial Crisis

Deflation

September 2007 – March 2009

The 2008 Financial Crisis remains the deepest and most instructive market event of the 21st century. Subprime losses cascaded through leveraged balance sheets, froze interbank lending, and forced unprecedented central bank intervention.

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