Unemployment Rate
Medium
Forecast5.5%
Previous5.3%
ImportanceMedium
Track record
Published monthly. Across the 36 releases held here, from 2023-10-31 to 2026-09-29, the actual came in above forecast 3 times, below 16 times and in line 17 times. The typical gap between forecast and actual is 0.1%.
What this moves here
Indices
Rates
Forex
Past releases 24
Aug5.3%5.3% · 5.3%
7.2%4.9%
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| Period | Actual | Forecast | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug | 5.3% | 5.3% | 5.3% |
| Jul | 5.3% | 5.3% | 5.4% |
| Jun | 5.4% | 5.4% | 5.6% |
| May | 5.6% | 5.6% | 5.8% |
| Apr | 5.8% | 5.9% | 6.1% |
| Mar | 6.1% | 6.1% | 5.8% |
| Feb | 5.8% | 5.7% | 5.4% |
| Jan | 5.4% | 5.4% | 5.1% |
| Dec | 5.1% | 5.1% | 5.2% |
| Nov | 5.2% | 5.4% | 5.4% |
| Oct | 5.4% | 5.5% | 5.6% |
| Sep | 5.6% | 5.5% | 5.6% |
| Aug | 5.6% | 5.6% | 5.6% |
| Jul | 5.6% | 5.7% | 5.8% |
| Jun | 5.8% | 6% | 6.2% |
| May | 6.2% | 6.4% | 6.6% |
| Apr | 6.6% | 6.9% | 7% |
| Mar | 7% | 7% | 6.8% |
| Feb | 6.8% | 6.8% | 6.5% |
| Jan | 6.5% | 6.6% | 6.2% |
| Dec | 6.2% | 6.1% | 6.1% |
| Nov | 6.1% | 6.1% | 6.2% |
| Oct | 6.2% | 6.2% | 6.4% |
| Sep | 6.4% | 6.5% | 6.6% |
History goes back to 2023, which is as far as our data provider carries it.