Unemployment Rate
Low
Forecast—
Previous8%
ImportanceLow
Track record
Published monthly. Across the 36 releases held here, from 2023-11-30 to 2026-10-30, the actual came in above forecast 11 times, below 21 times and in line 4 times. The typical gap between forecast and actual is 0.5%.
What this moves here
Indices
Past releases 24
Sep8%9.2% · 9.4%
12.0%6.6%
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| Period | Actual | Forecast | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep | 8% | 9.2% | 9.4% |
| Aug | 9.4% | 8.1% | 8.1% |
| Jul | 8.1% | 8.1% | 8% |
| Jun | 8% | 8.1% | 8% |
| May | 8% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Apr | 8.8% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Mar | 8.8% | 8.6% | 9.2% |
| Feb | 9.2% | 9.5% | 10.9% |
| Jan | 10.9% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Dec | 8% | 8.3% | 7% |
| Nov | 7% | 8% | 8.2% |
| Oct | 8.2% | 8.2% | 8.2% |
| Sep | 8.2% | 8.5% | 8.6% |
| Aug | 8.6% | 8.7% | 8.8% |
| Jul | 8.8% | 8.9% | 8.6% |
| Jun | 8.6% | 9.2% | 9% |
| May | 9% | 8.5% | 8.8% |
| Apr | 8.8% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Mar | 9.6% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| Feb | 10.3% | 11.1% | 11.6% |
| Jan | 11.6% | 9% | 9.1% |
| Dec | 9.1% | 8.5% | 8.2% |
| Nov | 8.2% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
| Oct | 9.1% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
History goes back to 2023, which is as far as our data provider carries it.