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US Unemployment Rate

US Unemployment Rate 7 May 2021

US Unemployment Rate 7 May 2021: 6.1% for April 2021, above the 5.8% forecast and up from 6% in March 2021. 1 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Fri 7 May 2021 at 12:30 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
6.1%
April 2021
Forecast
5.8%
The market consensus
Previous
6%
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 May 2021: 6.1% for April 2021 against a 5.8% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
7 May 2021Apr6.1%5.8%6%
2 Apr 2021Mar6%6%6.2%
5 Mar 2021Feb6.2%6.3%6.3%
5 Feb 2021Jan6.3%6.7%6.7%
8 Jan 2021Dec6.7%6.8%6.7%
4 Dec 2020Nov6.7%6.8%6.9%
6 Nov 2020Oct6.9%7.7%7.9%
2 Oct 2020Sep7.9%8.2%8.4%
4 Sep 2020Aug8.4%9.8%10.2%
7 Aug 2020Jul10.2%10.5%11.1%
2 Jul 2020Jun11.1%12.3%13.3%
5 Jun 2020May13.3%19.8%14.7%
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