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Unemployment Rate (UNRATE)

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Dec 2023: 3.8
Updated: Apr 4, 2025 7:48 AM CDT
Next Release Date: May 2, 2025
Dec 2023:  3.8  
Nov 2023:  3.7  
Oct 2023:  3.9  
Sep 2023:  3.8  
Aug 2023:  3.7  
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    Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics  

    Release: Employment Situation  

    Units:  Percent, Seasonally Adjusted

    Frequency:  Monthly

    Notes:

    The unemployment rate represents the number of unemployed as a percentage of the labor force. Labor force data are restricted to people 16 years of age and older, who currently reside in 1 of the 50 states or the District of Columbia, who do not reside in institutions (e.g., penal and mental facilities, homes for the aged), and who are not on active duty in the Armed Forces.

    This rate is also defined as the U-3 measure of labor underutilization.

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)'

    The source code is: LNS14000000

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    U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Unemployment Rate [UNRATE], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UNRATE, April 7, 2025.

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