Unemployment Rate (U-3)

UNRATE monthly Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis FRED
76
Healthy
Apr 2026
Current Score
75.7
Current Value
4.30 percent
Direction
Lower is better
Sub-Score
Labor & Income

Score History (0–100)

Scoring Notes

  • Score uses expanding-window percentile rank (no look-ahead bias).
  • Gray shaded bars on the chart mark NBER-defined U.S. recessions.

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