In January 2011, the unemployment rate for workers who had been unemployed for more than a
year reached 2.3%. By December 2013, the rate had fallen to 1.4%. The unemployment rate for
workers unemployed for two years or more peaked in September 2011, at 1.3%. By December
2013, the rate had fallen to 0.8%. For both groups of long-term unemployed, the unemployment
rate in December 2013 was higher than immediately before the 2007-2009 recession.