{"dataset":{"slug":"unemployment","title":"Unemployment Rate (U-3, BLS)","summary":"US unemployment rate, monthly, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Headline U-3 measure. Used as a backdrop indicator for the populist thesis.","source":{"name":"Bureau of Labor Statistics","url":"https://www.bls.gov/cps/"},"cadence":"monthly","columns":[{"key":"period","title":"Period","description":"Month (YYYY-MM)."},{"key":"series","title":"Series","description":"economic_indicators.unemployment."},{"key":"value","title":"Value","description":"Unemployment rate, percent."}]},"citation":"Thin Gold (2026). \"Unemployment Rate (U-3, BLS).\" Retrieved 2026-04-30, from https://thingold.com/data/unemployment. CC BY 4.0.","license":"CC BY 4.0","retrieved_at":"2026-04-30","row_count":15,"rows":[{"period":"Apr 2024","series":"economic_indicators.unemployment","value":3.9},{"period":"Dec 2024","series":"economic_indicators.unemployment","value":4.1},{"period":"Dec 2025","series":"economic_indicators.unemployment","value":4.2},{"period":"Feb 2026","series":"economic_indicators.unemployment","value":4.4},{"period":"Jan 2022","series":"economic_indicators.unemployment","value":4},{"period":"Jan 2023","series":"economic_indicators.unemployment","value":3.4},{"period":"Jan 2024","series":"economic_indicators.unemployment","value":3.7},{"period":"Jan 2026","series":"economic_indicators.unemployment","value":0},{"period":"Jul 2022","series":"economic_indicators.unemployment","value":3.5},{"period":"Jul 2023","series":"economic_indicators.unemployment","value":3.5},{"period":"Jul 2024","series":"economic_indicators.unemployment","value":4.3},{"period":"Jun 2025","series":"economic_indicators.unemployment","value":4},{"period":"Mar 2025","series":"economic_indicators.unemployment","value":4},{"period":"Oct 2024","series":"economic_indicators.unemployment","value":4.1},{"period":"Sep 2025","series":"economic_indicators.unemployment","value":4.1}]}