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NOTES

Title	Release Dates

Civilian Labor Force Participation Rate	1997-02-07	2019-09-05
Labor Force Participation Rate	2019-09-06	2024-04-05

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics	1997-02-07	2024-04-05

Release

Employment Situation	1997-02-07	2024-04-05

Units

Percent	1997-02-07	2024-04-05

Frequency

Monthly	1997-02-07	2024-04-05

Seasonal Adjustment

Seasonally Adjusted	1997-02-07	2024-04-05

Notes

The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS11300000	1997-02-07	2019-09-05
The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS11300000 The Labor Force Participation Rate is defined by the Current Population Survey (CPS) as “the number of people in the labor force as a percentage of the civilian noninstitutional population […] the participation rate is the percentage of the population that is either working or actively looking for work.” The Labor Force Participation Rate is collected in the CPS and published by the BLS. It is provided on a monthly basis, so this data is used in part by macroeconomists as an initial economic indicator of current labor market trends. The labor force participation rate helps government agencies, financial markets, and researchers gauge the overall health of the economy. Note that long-run changes in labor force participation may reflect secular economic trends that are unrelated to the overall health of the economy. For instance, demographic changes such as the aging of population can lead to a secular increase of exits from the labor force, shrinking the labor force and decreasing the labor force participation rate. For more information, see: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CES Overview (https://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesprog.htm) U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Concepts and Definitions (CPS) (https://www.bls.gov/cps/definitions.htm#lfpr)	2019-09-06	2024-04-05