The February 2026 BLS report, showing a surprise 92,000 decline in nonfarm payroll employment and unemployment rate ticking up to 4.4 percent amid downward revisions to prior months, has propelled Polymarket trader consensus toward a 69 percent implied probability for the year's peak unemployment reaching 5.0 percent. This sentiment diverges from the Federal Open Market Committee's March Summary of Economic Projections median of 4.4 percent for Q4 2026 (range 4.3–4.6 percent), reflecting cooling labor force participation at 62.0 percent and sluggish hiring despite solid GDP growth forecasts at 2.4 percent. Key upcoming catalysts include the March employment situation release on April 3, with consensus eyeing 55,000–80,000 payroll gains and steady 4.4 percent unemployment, alongside May FOMC policy signals.
Résumé expérimental généré par IA à partir des données Polymarket · Mis à jour$286,132 Vol.
5,0 %
64%
5,5 %
34%
6,0 %
18%
7,0 %
15%
10,0 %
7%
$286,132 Vol.
5,0 %
64%
5,5 %
34%
6,0 %
18%
7,0 %
15%
10,0 %
7%
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.
Marché ouvert : Jan 2, 2026, 1:53 PM ET
Resolver
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.
Resolver
0x65070BE91...The February 2026 BLS report, showing a surprise 92,000 decline in nonfarm payroll employment and unemployment rate ticking up to 4.4 percent amid downward revisions to prior months, has propelled Polymarket trader consensus toward a 69 percent implied probability for the year's peak unemployment reaching 5.0 percent. This sentiment diverges from the Federal Open Market Committee's March Summary of Economic Projections median of 4.4 percent for Q4 2026 (range 4.3–4.6 percent), reflecting cooling labor force participation at 62.0 percent and sluggish hiring despite solid GDP growth forecasts at 2.4 percent. Key upcoming catalysts include the March employment situation release on April 3, with consensus eyeing 55,000–80,000 payroll gains and steady 4.4 percent unemployment, alongside May FOMC policy signals.
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