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2026-11-09

US Unemployment Has Stayed Below 5% for 62 Straight Months, the 2nd-Longest Streak

US Unemployment Has Stayed Below 5% for 62 Straight Months, the 2nd-Longest Streak

Key points

Consecutive months the US unemployment rate stayed below 5%, by episode | The current 62-month run trails only the 64 months of the 1960s-70s

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