US unemployment held steady at 4.1% in the October 2024 nonfarm payrolls report, with 12,000 jobs added—below consensus expectations of 113,000—signaling a cooling but resilient labor market amid Federal Reserve rate cuts totaling 100 basis points since September. Trader sentiment on 2026 peak unemployment reflects the Fed's September dot plot projecting a modest rise to 4.3% by year-end, driven by persistent inflation above 2% target and slowing GDP growth forecasts around 2%. Key risks include further monetary easing if jobless claims trend higher, juxtaposed against fiscal stimulus tailwinds; watch December 6 nonfarm payrolls and the December 18 FOMC for shifts in rate path expectations that could elevate recession odds and push implied peak unemployment toward 5%.
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The relevant reports for this market are the Employment Situation Reports for January-December, 2026. This market may not resolve to “No” until the Employment Situation report for December 2026 is released. If no Employment Situation Report for December 2026 is released by March 31, 2027, 11:59 PM ET, however, this market will resolve based on all previously published data up to that time.
The resolution source for this market is the Monthly Employment Situation Report, published by the BLS every month at https://www.bls.gov/bls/news-release/empsit.htm, specifically the U-3 measure in Table A-15 for each month.
Note: the resolution source for this market reports unemployment to one decimal point. Thus, this is the level of precision that will be used when resolving the market.
Markt eröffnet: Jan 2, 2026, 1:53 PM ET
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0x65070BE91...The relevant reports for this market are the Employment Situation Reports for January-December, 2026. This market may not resolve to “No” until the Employment Situation report for December 2026 is released. If no Employment Situation Report for December 2026 is released by March 31, 2027, 11:59 PM ET, however, this market will resolve based on all previously published data up to that time.
The resolution source for this market is the Monthly Employment Situation Report, published by the BLS every month at https://www.bls.gov/bls/news-release/empsit.htm, specifically the U-3 measure in Table A-15 for each month.
Note: the resolution source for this market reports unemployment to one decimal point. Thus, this is the level of precision that will be used when resolving the market.
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0x65070BE91...US unemployment held steady at 4.1% in the October 2024 nonfarm payrolls report, with 12,000 jobs added—below consensus expectations of 113,000—signaling a cooling but resilient labor market amid Federal Reserve rate cuts totaling 100 basis points since September. Trader sentiment on 2026 peak unemployment reflects the Fed's September dot plot projecting a modest rise to 4.3% by year-end, driven by persistent inflation above 2% target and slowing GDP growth forecasts around 2%. Key risks include further monetary easing if jobless claims trend higher, juxtaposed against fiscal stimulus tailwinds; watch December 6 nonfarm payrolls and the December 18 FOMC for shifts in rate path expectations that could elevate recession odds and push implied peak unemployment toward 5%.
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