[OC] US Unemployment Indicators: Unemployment Rate, Job Openings, Unemployed 6+ Months, Average / Median Weeks Unemployed

Posted by Browningtons1

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  1. **Tools:** [Tableau Public Live Dashboard](https://public.tableau.com/views/MonthlyUnemploymentMetrics/UpdatedDashboard?%3Aembed=y&%3Adisplay_count=yes&%3AshowVizHome=no#5), Google Sheets table

    **Data source:** FRED https://fred.stlouisfed.org/. All data aggregated by month. Last update: Aug 2025

    **Sources**

    * Unemployment Rate: [https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UNRATE](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UNRATE?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
    * Job Openings: [https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/JTSJOL](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/JTSJOL?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
    * Unemployed 6+ Months: [https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UEMP27OV](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UEMP27OV?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
    * Avg Weeks Unemployed: [https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UEMPMEAN](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UEMPMEAN?utm_source=chatgpt.com)
    * Median Weeks Unemployed: [https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UEMPMED]()

  3. Why start at 2021?
    It was the middle of the pandemic. Right after so many jobs were lost in 2020, there was a spike in hirings in 2021.
    2020 and 2021 were anomalies.
    Where are we now in comparison to pre-covid (2019 or earlier)?

  4. Smells like recession to me. Yet with actual evidence the media is largely ignoring it despite going nonstop for 3 years during their non-cash-cow presidency that a recession was coming any minute.

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