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Unemployment Rate

Headline U-3 unemployment rate.

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Chart	Unemployment Rate
On the dashboard	Federal Reserve & US economy › Economy › Labor Market
Source	U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED
Access	Pro on the dashboard, in the MCP connector for AI apps and in the data API
Chart id	`UNRATE`

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