US unemployment rate (UNRATE)

Latest US unemployment rate plus a trailing N-month series for trend. Source: FRED UNRATE (Bureau of Labor Statistics). ?months=12 (1-120, default 12).

Input

Example output

{
  "date": "2026-05-01",
  "current": 4.1,
  "months": 12,
  "history": [
    {
      "date": "2025-06-01",
      "value": 4
    }
  ],
  "source": "FRED UNRATE (BLS)"
}

Try it - see the 402 challenge (free)

curl -i "https://agent402.tools/api/unemployment-rate?months=12"

The response is HTTP 402 Payment Required with exact payment requirements. Any x402 v2 client pays automatically and retries:

Paid call (JavaScript agent)

import { wrapFetchWithPayment } from "@x402/fetch";
import { x402Client } from "@x402/core/client";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";

const client = new x402Client();
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(KEY) });
const payFetch = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);

const res = await payFetch("https://agent402.tools/api/unemployment-rate?months=12");

Part of these workflows

This tool is one step in 4 curated multi-tool workflows - agents can fetch the whole sequence as an MCP prompt or call https://agent402.tools/api/skill-packs/{slug}/prompt.

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• Inflation check - Is the economy in recession territory? CPI, fed funds, unemployment, and Sahm rule in one call.

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