Prime-age labor force participation rate has moved up since 2015 Total 85  Women  Men  Quarterly  Percent  85  95  Quarterly  Percent  95  Quarterly  Percent  78  77  77  84  84  78  93  93  Q3  76  76  83  83  Q3 91  91  75  75  74  74  73  73  82  82  Q3 89  89  81  81  80  80  1994  1999  2004  2009  2014  2019  Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
I want to stress that estimates of potential future write-downs on banks’ securities and loans depend crucially on the assumptions made and the methodology used and they are subject to a considerable margin of error.