The data shows the seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate in the U.S. on a monthly basis. Seasonal adjustment is a statistical method of removing the seasonal component of a time series that is used when analyzing non-seasonal trends. National unemployment was at 3.9% in July 2018.
U.S. monthly unemployment rateAccording to the Bureau of Labor Statistics - the principle fact-finding agency for the United States Federal Government in labor economics and statistics - unemployment declined from 2010 to 2017. A trend of decreasing unemployment followed after a high in 2010 resulting from the 2008 financial crisis.
