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What will the seasonally adjusted U-3 unemployment rate be in the United States in the following months?

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	<2%	lower 25%	median	upper 75%	>7%
community	0.1%	3.768%	3.884%	4.035%	0.1%
My Prediction	—	—	—	—	—

Lower bound	community	My Prediction
<2%	0.1%	—
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lower 25%	3.768%	—
median	3.884%	—
upper 75%	4.035%	—
Upper bound
>7%	0.1%	—

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Authors:

RyanBeck

Opened:

Dec 19, 2022

Closes:

Aug 1, 2025

Scheduled resolution:

Aug 15, 2025

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