Unemployment Rate
Medium
Forecast—
Previous6%
ImportanceMedium
Track record
Published monthly. Across the 34 releases held here, from 2023-10-06 to 2026-09-08, the actual came in above forecast 13 times, below 19 times and in line 2 times. The typical gap between forecast and actual is 0.45%.
What this moves here
Indices
Rates
Past releases 24
Jul6%5% · 4.9%
6.23%2.87%
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| Period | Actual | Forecast | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul | 6% | 5% | 4.9% |
| Jun | 4.9% | 4.5% | 4.8% |
| May | 4.8% | 4.7% | 4.7% |
| Apr | 4.7% | 5% | 5% |
| Mar | 5% | 4.3% | 5.1% |
| Feb | 5.1% | 5.5% | 5.8% |
| Jan | 5.8% | 4.4% | 4.4% |
| Dec | 4.4% | 4.2% | 4.4% |
| Nov | 4.4% | 5% | 5% |
| Oct | 5% | 3.8% | 3.8% |
| Sep | 3.8% | 4.1% | 3.9% |
| Aug | 3.9% | 4.8% | 5.3% |
| Jul | 5.3% | 3.6% | 3.7% |
| Jun | 3.7% | 4% | 3.9% |
| May | 3.9% | 4% | 4.1% |
| Apr | 4.1% | 3.9% | 3.9% |
| Mar | 3.9% | 3.3% | 3.8% |
| Feb | 3.8% | 3.9% | 4.3% |
| Jan | 4.3% | 3.1% | 3.1% |
| Dec | 3.1% | 3.3% | 3.2% |
| Nov | 3.2% | — | 3.9% |
| Oct | 3.9% | 3.6% | 3.7% |
| Sep | 3.7% | 4.4% | 4% |
| Aug | 4% | 4.8% | 4.7% |
History goes back to 2023, which is as far as our data provider carries it.