Unemployment Rate Predictions

Browse Unemployment Rate market predictions and forecasts from well-known financial commentators. Each prediction is tracked from the date it was published to its estimated deadline, then graded correct or wrong based on the outcome.

9 forecasts 7 commentators 100% accuracy 1 correct 8 pending
9 forecasts
Person Subject Forecast* Source Date Deadline** Outcome
Danielle DiMartino Booth Unemployment Rate The unemployment rate will reach at least 6% within one year
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[33:09] So I would expect that we would have at a bare minimum a year from now a six handle on the unemployment rate.

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The Julia La Roche Show 2026-03-31 2027-03-31 pending
Peter Schiff Unemployment Rate Unemployment will spike significantly.
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[8:00] Unemployment is going to spike and inflation is going to spike even more.

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The Julia La Roche Show 2026-03-19 2027-03-19 pending
Robert Kiyosaki Unemployment Rate Unemployment will go through the roof as AI kicks in
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[6:10] So you have AI kicking in right now. Unemployment is going to go through the roof as we all know.

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The David Lin Report 2026-02-17 2026-12-31 pending
Jeff Christian Unemployment Rate The unemployment rate will probably tick up a little bit in 2026
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[8:59] It looks like the unemployment rate will probably tick up a little bit, but it's all it's at very low levels.

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The David Lin Report 2026-02-05 2026-12-31 pending
Chip Rewey Unemployment Rate There will be a lot of weakness in the job market because AI is taking jobs
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[20:30] I think we're going to see a lot of weakness in the job market because AI is taking jobs and I don't think CEOs want to fess up to that.

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The David Lin Report 2026-01-20 2026-12-31 pending
Danielle DiMartino Booth Unemployment Rate The unemployment rate will tick up
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[8:06] we will start to see the unemployment rate tick up.

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The David Lin Report 2025-10-02 2026-12-31 pending
Richard Smith Unemployment Rate Unemployment will continue rising according to the 67-month cycle trend
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[11:06] And interestingly also there's a 67month cycle in the unemployment rate and we're also into a rising unemployment trend according to that cycle uh as well that still has some room to run.

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The David Lin Report 2025-10-01 2026-10-01 pending
Danielle DiMartino Booth Unemployment Rate The unemployment rate will continue rising from the current 4.2%
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[12:11] So again, you know, we're we're at a 4.2% uh unemployment rate. That's about the cycle high. I would expect that that's going to continue rising.

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The David Lin Report 2025-05-09 2025-12-31

The unemployment rate rose from 4.2% in May 2025 to a high of ~4.5-4.6% by November 2025, before edging down slightly to 4.4% in December 2025 — confirming the prediction that it would continue rising over the course of 2025. (https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/unemployment-rate)

Mike McGlone Unemployment Rate Unemployment will reach 6% after bottoming at low levels
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[8:56] we do expect to be 4.2%. Anowong expect to be 5% next year. The bottom line is you look at that chart looks like a bull flag. It looks like it's heading to 6%. Historically it's always gone to 6% after bonding is low as it was last year around 3.2 or so.

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The David Lin Report 2025-04-29 2026-12-31 pending