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.

14 forecasts 12 commentators 100% accuracy 1 correct 13 pending
14 forecasts
Person Subject Forecast* Source Date Deadline** Outcome
Matt Gertken Unemployment Rate Unemployment will rise and inflation will remain sticky from 2028 onward.
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[9:30] unemployment rate is so low that it probably won't go much lower. So, if we're thinking about 2028 and beyond, you're probably going to have unemployment coming up and you're also going to have this sticky inflation.

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The David Lin Report 2026-08-26 2028-02-02 pending
David Rosenberg Unemployment Rate The unemployment rate will start to rise as the labor force contracts and stabilizes at a lower level.
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[9:18] Um but at that point you're going to start to see the unemployment rate hook up.

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Wealthion 2026-08-20 2027-08-20 pending
Michael Pento Unemployment Rate Unemployment will rise well into double digits during the deflationary depression and its aftermath
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[39:58] thinking about inflation going, you know, higher than it's ever been before, higher than 20%, and thinking about the unemployment rate going well into double digits

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Thoughtful Money 2026-08-04 2029-08-04 pending
Taylor Kenny Unemployment Rate Unemployment will continue to increase
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[6:08] if you ask me, unemployment is going to continue to creep up. They're going to be more businesses going out

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ITM Trading 2026-04-30 2027-04-30 pending
Michael Gayed Unemployment Rate There will be a surge in unemployment due to AI replacing workers
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[9:50] we are going to see I think a surge in unemployment like I I I believe now that I'm seeing it now that I'm experiencing now that I'm I'm you know because I think I have a mind for it um I think the world's going to be divided into two kinds of people the architects and the unemployed

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The David Lin Report 2026-04-24 2028-04-24 pending
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