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Series UNRATE — Unemployment rate.
Latest value: 4.20% for September 2026, −0.20 pp from a year earlier (against September 2025). 128 monthly observations from January 2016 to September 2026, in percent. Source: FRED (FRED route); context series, not an input to the Nowflation CPI Gauge. Next update: with the October 2026 jobs report, 2026-11-06 8:30 AM ET (BLS).
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| September 2026 | 4.20% |
| August 2026 | 4.10% |
| July 2026 | 4.10% |
| June 2026 | 4.20% |
| May 2026 | 4.30% |
| April 2026 | 4.30% |
| March 2026 | 4.30% |
| February 2026 | 4.40% |
| January 2026 | 4.30% |
| December 2025 | 4.40% |
| November 2025 | 4.50% |
| September 2025 | 4.40% |
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Cite: Nowflation, “Unemployment Rate (U-3, seasonally adjusted)” (UNRATE), data from FRED, retrieved October 18, 2026, https://nowflation.com/series/UNRATE. The series at its source: FRED.
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