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UNRATE
- Source: FRED (St. Louis Fed)
- Category: economy
- Tags: unemploymentlaborfred
- Rows: 944
- Date range: 1948-01-01 – 2026-08-01 (date)
- Last refresh: 2026-09-21T00:20:24+00:00 (cadence: weekly)
- Quality score: 100.0 / 100
commercial use OK
freshness: fresh
Data preview
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| date | value |
|---|---|
| 1948-01-01 | 3.4 |
| 1948-02-01 | 3.8 |
| 1948-03-01 | 4 |
| 1948-04-01 | 3.9 |
| 1948-05-01 | 3.5 |
| 1948-06-01 | 3.6 |
| 1948-07-01 | 3.6 |
| 1948-08-01 | 3.9 |
| 1948-09-01 | 3.8 |
| 1948-10-01 | 3.7 |
| 1948-11-01 | 3.8 |
| 1948-12-01 | 4 |
| 1949-01-01 | 4.3 |
| 1949-02-01 | 4.7 |
| 1949-03-01 | 5 |
| 1949-04-01 | 5.3 |
| 1949-05-01 | 6.1 |
| 1949-06-01 | 6.2 |
| 1949-07-01 | 6.7 |
| 1949-08-01 | 6.8 |
| 1949-09-01 | 6.6 |
| 1949-10-01 | 7.9 |
| 1949-11-01 | 6.4 |
| 1949-12-01 | 6.6 |
| 1950-01-01 | 6.5 |
| 1950-02-01 | 6.4 |
| 1950-03-01 | 6.3 |
| 1950-04-01 | 5.8 |
| 1950-05-01 | 5.5 |
| 1950-06-01 | 5.4 |
| 1950-07-01 | 5 |
| 1950-08-01 | 4.5 |
| 1950-09-01 | 4.4 |
| 1950-10-01 | 4.2 |
| 1950-11-01 | 4.2 |
| 1950-12-01 | 4.3 |
| 1951-01-01 | 3.7 |
| 1951-02-01 | 3.4 |
| 1951-03-01 | 3.4 |
| 1951-04-01 | 3.1 |
| 1951-05-01 | 3 |
| 1951-06-01 | 3.2 |
| 1951-07-01 | 3.1 |
| 1951-08-01 | 3.1 |
| 1951-09-01 | 3.3 |
| 1951-10-01 | 3.5 |
| 1951-11-01 | 3.5 |
| 1951-12-01 | 3.1 |
| 1952-01-01 | 3.2 |
| 1952-02-01 | 3.1 |
| 1952-03-01 | 2.9 |
| 1952-04-01 | 2.9 |
| 1952-05-01 | 3 |
| 1952-06-01 | 3 |
| 1952-07-01 | 3.2 |
| 1952-08-01 | 3.4 |
| 1952-09-01 | 3.1 |
| 1952-10-01 | 3 |
| 1952-11-01 | 2.8 |
| 1952-12-01 | 2.7 |
| 1953-01-01 | 2.9 |
| 1953-02-01 | 2.6 |
| 1953-03-01 | 2.6 |
| 1953-04-01 | 2.7 |
| 1953-05-01 | 2.5 |
| 1953-06-01 | 2.5 |
| 1953-07-01 | 2.6 |
| 1953-08-01 | 2.7 |
| 1953-09-01 | 2.9 |
| 1953-10-01 | 3.1 |
| 1953-11-01 | 3.5 |
| 1953-12-01 | 4.5 |
| 1954-01-01 | 4.9 |
| 1954-02-01 | 5.2 |
| 1954-03-01 | 5.7 |
| 1954-04-01 | 5.9 |
| 1954-05-01 | 5.9 |
| 1954-06-01 | 5.6 |
| 1954-07-01 | 5.8 |
| 1954-08-01 | 6 |
| 1954-09-01 | 6.1 |
| 1954-10-01 | 5.7 |
| 1954-11-01 | 5.3 |
| 1954-12-01 | 5 |
| 1955-01-01 | 4.9 |
| 1955-02-01 | 4.7 |
| 1955-03-01 | 4.6 |
| 1955-04-01 | 4.7 |
| 1955-05-01 | 4.3 |
| 1955-06-01 | 4.2 |
| 1955-07-01 | 4 |
| 1955-08-01 | 4.2 |
| 1955-09-01 | 4.1 |
| 1955-10-01 | 4.3 |
| 1955-11-01 | 4.2 |
| 1955-12-01 | 4.2 |
| 1956-01-01 | 4 |
| 1956-02-01 | 3.9 |
| 1956-03-01 | 4.2 |
| 1956-04-01 | 4 |
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Fields
| Name | Type | Description | Unit / format | Nullable | Example values |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
date |
date | Not documented by source | Not documented by source | No | 1948-01-01, 1948-02-01, 1948-03-01 |
value |
double | Not documented by source | Not documented by source | Yes | 3.4, 3.8, 4 |
“Not documented by source” means the provider publishes no per-field documentation — descriptions are never invented.
Snapshots
| Snapshot | Timestamp | Rows | Size | Quality | Download |
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2026-09-21T00:20:24+00:00 | 944 | 7.6 KB | 100.0 | CSV JSON Parquet |
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Source & license
- Provider: FRED (St. Louis Fed)
- Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) is maintained by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and publishes hundreds of thousands of U.S. and international economic time series from public and private sources.
- Provider site: https://fred.stlouisfed.org
- Source data URL: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UNRATE
- License: OK for commercial use. Attribution is required when you use this data.
- Commercial use: Yes
- Attribution required: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED)
- Terms: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/legal
- Refresh cadence: weekly
- Provenance: Ingested by the FRED (St. Louis Fed) connector (v1.0.0) from https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UNRATE; latest snapshot 20260921T002024Z-ef9fad42eed4 (sha256 ef9fad42eed4…)