Source: Federal Reserve Board staff calculations. 2018  Figure 8.
Indicators of Labor Market Tightness Jobs Hard to Fill  Most Important Problem  Monthly  Percent  Monthly  40  Percent  40  Poor sales Quality of labor  35  30  30  25  20  20  15  10  10  5  0 1994  1998  2002  2006  2010  2014  2018  0 1994  1998  2002  2006  2010  2014  2018  Note: "Jobs hard to fill" series is the share of firms reporting that they have at least one hard−to−fill job opening.