First we examine the employment environment in recent years. According to the Report on Employment Service, published by the MHLW, the active opening rate, which had been declining in the 1990s, has been on the rise since 2002. In 2006, it remained above 1 (Fig. 3-3-1). This is taken as a sign that the employment environment is finally improving in the current economic recovery phase, which started in 2002.例文帳に追加

近年の雇用環境について見てみると、厚生労働省「職業安定業務統計」によれば、90年代に低下し続けてきた有効求人倍率が2002年以降上昇し続け、2006年においては1倍以上で推移しており（第3-3-1図）、2002年以降始まった今回の景気回復局面において、ようやく雇用環境にも改善傾向が見られてきたとされる。 - 経済産業省