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US Unemployment Rate

US Unemployment Rate 7 February 2020

US Unemployment Rate 7 February 2020: 3.6% for January 2020, above the 3.5% forecast and up from 3.5% in December 2019. 5 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Fri 7 Feb 2020 at 13:30 UTC (8:30 AM ET).

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
3.6%
January 2020
Forecast
3.5%
The market consensus
Previous
3.5%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Above the forecast: A surprise rise usually weighs on the dollar if it signals labor-market deterioration and a more dovish Fed path.

US Unemployment Rate 7 February 2020: 3.6% for January 2020 against a 3.5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
7 Feb 2020Jan3.6%3.5%3.5%
10 Jan 2020Dec3.5%3.5%3.5%
3 May 2019Apr3.6%3.8%3.8%
5 Apr 2019Mar3.8%3.8%3.8%
8 Mar 2019Feb3.8%3.9%4%
1 Feb 2019Jan4%3.9%3.9%
4 Jan 2019Dec3.9%3.7%3.7%
4 May 2018Apr3.9%4%4.1%
6 Apr 2018Mar4.1%4%4.1%
9 Mar 2018Feb4.1%4%4.1%
2 Feb 2018Jan4.1%4.1%4.1%
5 Jan 2018Dec4.1%4.1%4.1%
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