It fell to 70.4% by the time the Cameron government came to power, but since then has risen strongly, to 73.3% in November 2014-January 2015, an all-time high. In the US, by contrast, the employment rate was 62.8% at the end of 2007, 58.6% in March-May 2010, and then only slightly higher, at 59.2%, during November 2014-January 2015 – still below the pre-crisis level.