Economic Update

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Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Federal Reserve (FRED/ALFRED), Energy Information Administration, Census Bureau, and the University of Michigan. Proprietary series (ADP, University of Michigan, National Association of Realtors) are shown as headline figures only.

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Want a job (unemployed + not in labor force)

Everyone who wants a job and doesn't have one: the unemployed plus people outside the labor force who want work, whether or not they searched recently. Our calculation, not an official figure.

12.90M

Sep 2026

+0.9%vs Aug−4.8%vs a year agoNo new data since last update

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics