Unemployment Rate

Share of the labor force unemployed and seeking work.

3.8%

Trend YoY growth is +0.1%, slowing by 6 bps/year over the last 1Y. Latest: -0.2%, 26 bps below trend, a 1.8σ deviation.

Level

YoY Change

y = 0.1% 6 bps/yr · t

Deviation from trend

Forecast

Projected value by forecast vintage (%)

Projected value (%)

Forecast made inApr '25May '25Jun '25Jul '25Aug '25Sep '25Oct '25Nov '25Dec '25Jan '26Feb '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26Jul '26Aug '26Sep '26Oct '26Nov '26Dec '26Jan '27MAPE
Apr '253.63.43.94.34.33.73.83.93.53.93.73.53.33.33.94.03.93.83.33.53.33.4104%
May '253.64.04.34.43.83.94.03.74.03.83.73.53.54.14.34.24.03.73.83.63.894%
Jun '254.24.54.74.14.24.44.14.54.44.34.14.24.85.05.04.95.04.84.65.4225%
Jul '254.44.64.14.24.34.04.54.34.24.14.14.75.04.94.84.84.74.55.2194%
Aug '254.33.94.04.13.84.24.03.93.73.74.34.54.44.34.14.24.04.475%
Sep '254.24.14.23.94.34.24.13.93.94.54.74.64.54.54.44.24.7150%
Nov '254.03.84.24.03.93.73.74.34.54.34.24.03.84.2150%
Dec '253.84.03.83.73.43.44.04.14.03.93.63.33.5
Jan '264.03.83.73.43.44.04.14.03.93.63.33.5

YoY change forecast

Forecast made inApr '25May '25Jun '25Jul '25Aug '25Sep '25Oct '25Nov '25Dec '25Jan '26Feb '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26Jul '26Aug '26Sep '26Oct '26Nov '26Dec '26Jan '27MAPE
Apr '25+0.1%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.2%-0.2%-0.2%-0.2%-0.3%-0.3%-0.3%-0.3%-0.4%-0.4%-0.4%-0.4%-0.5%-0.5%-0.5%104%
May '25+0.2%+0.1%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.2%-0.2%-0.2%-0.2%-0.2%94%
Jun '25+0.3%+0.2%+0.3%+0.3%+0.3%+0.4%+0.4%+0.4%+0.5%+0.5%+0.5%+0.6%+0.6%+0.6%+0.7%+0.7%+0.7%+0.8%+0.8%+0.8%225%
Jul '25+0.1%+0.2%+0.3%+0.3%+0.3%+0.3%+0.4%+0.4%+0.4%+0.5%+0.5%+0.5%+0.5%+0.6%+0.6%+0.6%+0.7%+0.7%+0.7%194%
Aug '25-0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.2%+0.2%75%
Sep '25+0.4%+0.2%+0.2%+0.2%+0.2%+0.3%+0.3%+0.3%+0.3%+0.3%+0.3%+0.3%+0.3%+0.3%+0.4%+0.4%+0.4%150%
Nov '25+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%150%
Dec '25-0.2%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.2%-0.2%-0.2%-0.3%-0.3%-0.4%-0.4%-0.4%-0.5%-0.5%
Jan '26-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.2%-0.2%-0.2%-0.3%-0.3%-0.4%-0.4%-0.4%-0.5%-0.5%

Forecasts use ordinary least-squares linear regression fitted to the YoY change series over a rolling 6M window. Each row shows a vintage — the forecast as it would have appeared at that point in time. Projected values apply the forecasted YoY change to the prior year's level, chaining forward where actuals are unavailable. MAPE measures forecast accuracy against realized values. These are mechanical trend extrapolations, not economic models.