United States Unemployment Rate

United States · Monthly series · ECONOMICS:USUR

Latest, October 2026

4.1%

-0.10pp from September 2026

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Forecast

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AI confidence

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Evidence will appear when a forecast and its backtests are available.

How this assessment is made

AI confidence describes historical evidence for this forecast, not a probability of being correct. Each backtest fits on data available before its test window. The baseline carries the last value forward. Supported evidence requires at least six complete, non-overlapping tests, an error ratio below 0.90 (rounded to two decimals), and wins in a majority of tests. Ratios from 0.90 to below 1.10 are on par; 1.10 or above is weak evidence. Inconsistent wins produce mixed evidence. For a selected model, only the recent tests excluded from model selection determine this label. These are historical simulations using the available data, not a live trading track record; revisions and foundation-model pretraining can limit how closely they reproduce a past decision. Past performance can change.

Model comparison

Comparison not readyA forecast and enough history for rolling backtests are required.

Reading

It is above 47% of the 118 earlier readings since November 2016.

Written from the figures by a fixed template; no AI model is involved.

Recent history (24 observations)
The 24 most recent observations, newest first.
PeriodValue
October 20264.1%
September 20264.2%
August 20264.1%
July 20264.1%
June 20264.2%
May 20264.3%
April 20264.3%
March 20264.3%
February 20264.4%
January 20264.3%
December 20254.4%
November 20254.5%
September 20254.4%
August 20254.3%
July 20254.3%
June 20254.1%
May 20254.3%
April 20254.2%
March 20254.2%
February 20254.2%
January 20254.0%
December 20244.1%
November 20244.2%
October 20244.1%

Source

Data: ECONOMICS feed via TradingView.

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