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US Unemployment Rate

US Unemployment Rate 7 March 2025

US Unemployment Rate 7 March 2025: 4.1% for February 2025, above the 4% forecast and up from 4% in January 2025. 5 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Fri 7 Mar 2025 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
4.1%
February 2025
Forecast
4%
The market consensus
Previous
4%
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 March 2025: 4.1% for February 2025 against a 4% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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US Unemployment Rate 7 March 2025: 4.1% vs 4% forecast (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/us-unemployment/2025-03-07

The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
7 Mar 2025Feb4.1%4%4%
7 Feb 2025Jan4%4.1%4.1%
10 Jan 2025Dec4.1%4.2%4.2%
6 Dec 2024Nov4.2%4.2%4.1%
1 Nov 2024Oct4.1%4.1%4.1%
4 Oct 2024Sep4.1%4.2%4.2%
6 Sep 2024Aug4.2%4.2%4.3%
2 Aug 2024Jul4.3%4.1%4.1%
5 Jul 2024Jun4.1%4%4%
7 Jun 2024May4%3.9%3.9%
3 May 2024Apr3.9%3.8%3.8%
5 Apr 2024Mar3.8%3.9%3.9%
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