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CIVPART · FRED

Labor force participation rate

Separates demand-driven from supply-driven unemployment. The 2024 lesson.

Latest reading

61.80

Percent · observation 2026-09-01, published 2026-10-02

Last 24 observations.

Signal

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Not in the fit. No verdict.

Use
Context: regime context; not an input

Where it fits

Labor Market: Detect the income-to-consumption feedback loop that turns a slowdown into a recession. The model averages the standardised signals in each block into a block score, then combines the twelve block scores in a probit. Today the 12-block model reads 1.6%.

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