United States Unemployment Rate
United States · Monthly series · ECONOMICS:USUR
Latest, October 2026
4.1%
-0.10pp from September 2026
Forecast
No forecast is cached this cycle.
AI confidence
No forecast yetEvidence 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.
Recent history (24 observations)
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| October 2026 | 4.1% |
| September 2026 | 4.2% |
| August 2026 | 4.1% |
| July 2026 | 4.1% |
| June 2026 | 4.2% |
| May 2026 | 4.3% |
| April 2026 | 4.3% |
| March 2026 | 4.3% |
| February 2026 | 4.4% |
| January 2026 | 4.3% |
| December 2025 | 4.4% |
| November 2025 | 4.5% |
| September 2025 | 4.4% |
| August 2025 | 4.3% |
| July 2025 | 4.3% |
| June 2025 | 4.1% |
| May 2025 | 4.3% |
| April 2025 | 4.2% |
| March 2025 | 4.2% |
| February 2025 | 4.2% |
| January 2025 | 4.0% |
| December 2024 | 4.1% |
| November 2024 | 4.2% |
| October 2024 | 4.1% |
Source
Data: ECONOMICS feed via TradingView.
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