U.S. Unemployment Rate

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width:670px; height:525px;" allowTransparency="true" loading="lazy"></iframe>  </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="29"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="75" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="29" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 59 WIDTH="518"><div> <B>Initial Claims</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="29"><div>  <A NAME="initial"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 79 WIDTH="518"><div> <B> <iframe src="https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/graph-landing.php?g=uu27&width=670&height=475" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"style="overflow:hidden; width:670px; height:525px;" allowTransparency="true" loading="lazy"></iframe>  </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="29"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="79" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="29" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 59 WIDTH="518"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="59" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="518" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="29"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="59" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="29" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 51 ><NOBR><div> <B>Alternative measures of labor underutilization</B></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="29"><div>  <A NAME="alt"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 23 WIDTH="518"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="23" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="518" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="29"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="23" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="29" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 87 WIDTH="518"><div> <B>See </B><A HREF="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t12.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t"><FONT COLOR="#3366CC"><B>Table</B></FONT></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="29"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="87" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="29" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 73 WIDTH="518"><bR> <bR> <div> <B>Job losses & gains in the U.S.</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="29"><div>  <A NAME="job_losses"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 75 WIDTH="518"><bR> <IMG SRC="../../images/ss/us_job_losses.gif" border=0 ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="29"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="75" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="29" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 33 WIDTH="518"><div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a801180099ff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Links & Notes</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="29"><div>  <A NAME="notes"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 593 WIDTH="518"><bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A recession is due within six months if the three-month average of the jobless rate rises 0.35 of a percentage point from a trough.</B></div> <div> <B>__________________________________________________</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">June 2020 the unemployment rate declined to 11.1% - down from a record high of 14.7%</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f00000ff00.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">April 2020 the U.S. unemployment rate is at 14.7% up 10.3% MoM. This is the largest MoM increase in the history of the data - going back to 1948.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">12/6/2015 (The Economist) November was another strong month for America’s labour market. The economy added 211,000 jobs, according to data published on Friday; figures for September and October were revised up. The unemployment rate stayed at 5%. The healthy report makes an interest-rate rise this month look all but certain. This week Janet Yellen, head of the Federal Reserve, hinted that an increase was on the way.</B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">8/3/12 U.S. employers hired the most workers (163,000) in five months in July, but an increase in the jobless rate to 8.3% kept prospects of further monetary stimulus from the Federal Reserve on the table. </B></div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">4 years of private sector job creation under Obama has exceeded private sector job creation under 8 years of Bush. The problem remains Fed/State/Muni layoffs and RE/construction. </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="29"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="593" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="29" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>   <script type="text/javascript"> _qoptions={ qacct:"p-basisC2e0drco" }; </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://edge.quantserve.com/quant.js"></script> <noscript> <img src="https://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-basisC2e0drco.gif" style="display: none;" border="0" height="1" width="1" alt="Quantcast"/> </noscript>   </div> <div>  <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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