Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Definition: Unemployed persons who lost their last job or who had completed a temporary job. This includes persons who were on temporary layoff and counted as unemployed as well as persons not on temporary layoff. Among those not on temporary lay were Permanent job losers and those whose temporary jobs had ended.
Related Term(s): Unemployed persons
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Definition: A specific position of employment at an establishment; conditions include that there is work available for that position, the job could start within 30 days, and the employer is actively recruiting for the position (from JOLTS, the BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey).
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Definition: An arrangement by which a group of currencies maintain a fixed relationship relative to each other, but move jointly relative to another currency in response to supply and demand conditions in the exchange market.