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bls-macro.unemployment

mock data$0.001 / call

U.S. Unemployment Rate

Get U.S. national labor market data from the BLS Current Population Survey. Measures: "rate" = Unemployment Rate % (U-3, official), "participation" = Labor Force Participation Rate %, "employment_ratio" = Employment-Population Ratio %, "long_term" = Long-term Unemployed (27+ weeks, in thousands). Returns monthly data series with latest value and full history up to 10 years. Data goes back to 1948 for the unemployment rate. Use for macroeconomic research, labor market trend analysis, and policy evaluation.

Referenceprovider: Bls Macro#bls-macro#reference

Input schema

measure

Labor market measure: "rate" = Unemployment Rate % (default), "participation" = Labor Force Participation Rate %, "employment_ratio" = Employment-Population Ratio %, "long_term" = Long-term Unemployed 27+ weeks (thousands).

string
end_year

Last year of data (default: current year).

integer
start_year

First year of data (default: current year - 4).

integer

Call via REST

curl -X POST https://unifyapi.pro/api/call/bls-macro.unemployment \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer uak_live_..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"measure":"<measure>","end_year":0,"start_year":0}'

Try it

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