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US Unemployment Rate (WEO), Year-by-Year History
Complete historical archive of US Unemployment Rate (WEO) from 1991 to 2025. Select a year for full-year performance, monthly breakdown, and event context. ILO-modeled annual unemployment rate for the United States from the IMF WEO. Pre-pandemic NAIRU estimates sat around 4.0-4.5%.
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