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US Unemployment Rate (U-3) held to 4.3 Percent in March 2026, released April 2026.
Sigmacast track record will appear here once this indicator has been released 3+ times since Sigmanomics began tracking.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOOGL | ▲ Direct | +0.55 | STOCKS | Bullish GOOGL | → View |
| MSFT | ▼ Inverse | −0.46 | STOCKS | Bearish MSFT | → View |
| NZD/USD | ▲ Direct | +0.43 | FOREX | Bullish NZD | → View |
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| XAU/USD | ▲ Direct | +0.29 | COMMODITIES | Bullish XAU | → View |
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Unemployment Rate (U-3) (United States) was reported at 4.30 Percent in March 2026. The reading was unchanged from the previous release. Over the past 12 months, the indicator has averaged 4.33 Percent, ranging from 4.10 Percent to 4.50 Percent across 10 releases. This is classified as a critical-impact indicator released on a monthly basis.
The trailing three releases averaged 4.33 Percent, down from the prior three at 4.40 Percent. Volatility over the past year (σ 0.10 Percent) is higher than the prior year (σ 0.08 Percent). In April readings over the past 3 years, Unemployment Rate (U-3) has averaged 4.13 Percent.
Historically, this indicator is positively correlated with GOOGL (Bullish GOOGL). A secondary relationship exists with MSFT, negatively correlated (Bearish MSFT).
Same-country events in the next 14 days include Leading Index MoM (May 22) and Fed Waller Speech (May 22).
Auto-generated from current model state · Refreshes on each release · Last update April 2026.
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| Wednesday, May 20, 2026 | Actual | Previous | Consensus | Sigmanomics Rolling-Surprise Forecast | Impact | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14:30 | EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change | -7.864 | -4.306 | -2.9 | -5.38 | Medium | |
| 14:30 | EIA Distillate Stocks Change | 0.372 | 0.19 | -1.1 | -0.36 | Low | |
| 14:30 | EIA Gasoline Stocks Change | -1.548 | -4.084 | -2.1 | -1.82 | Medium | |
| Thursday, May 21, 2026 | Actual | Previous | Consensus | Sigmanomics Rolling-Surprise Forecast | Impact | ||
| 12:30 | Building Permits | 1.442 | 1.363 | 1.39 | 1.53 | High | |
| 12:30 | Housing Starts MoM | -2.8 | 12 | -3.5 | -3.15 | Medium | |
| 12:30 | Housing Starts | 1.465 | 1.507 | 1.41 | 1.44 | High | |
| 12:30 | Building Permits MoM | 5.8 | -11.5 | 0.5 | 3.15 | Medium | |
| 12:30 | Continuing Jobless Claims | 1782 | 1776 | 1790 | 1786.00 | Low | |
| 12:30 | Jobless Claims 4-Week Average | 202.5 | 204 | 203 | 202.75 | Low | |
| 12:30 | Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index | -0.4 | 26.7 | 18 | 15.73 | Medium | |
| 12:30 | Initial Jobless Claims | 209 | 212 | 210 | 209.50 | Medium | |
| 13:45 | S&P Global Services PMI | 50.9 | 51 | 51.1 | 50.88 | Medium | |
| 13:45 | S&P Global Composite PMI | 51.7 | 51.7 | 51.5 | 51.60 | Medium | |
| 13:45 | S&P Global Manufacturing PMI | 55.3 | 54.5 | 53.8 | 53.88 | Medium | |
| 14:00 | Atlanta Fed GDPNow | 4.3 | 4 | 4 | 3.92 | Medium | |
| 14:30 | EIA Natural Gas Stocks Change | 101 | 85 | 95 | 98.00 | Low | |
| 15:00 | Kansas Fed Manufacturing Index | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9.00 | Low | |
| 15:00 | Kansas Fed Composite Index | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8.50 | Low | |