ForexFactory.com Unemployment Rate * 100 - 370 (eg, 4.2% resolves as 50%), 8:30am for April 5th to November 1st
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30%
Add 370 - June 7th
40%
Add 370 - July 5th
40%
Add 370 - August 2nd
50%
Add 370 - September 6th
50%
Add 370 - October 4th
60%
Add 370 - November 1st
Resolved
10%Add 370 - April 5th
Resolved
20%Add 370 - May 3rd
Go to https://www.forexfactory.com/ and click arrow to day given. Number will be announced at 8:30am ET. This schedule of releases can also be found here - https://www.bls.gov/schedule/2024/home.htm ("Employment Situation")
Multiply Unemployment rate times 100 and subtract 370 to get % for each option above. Eg, 4.2% unemployment rate times 100 = 420 - 370 = 50%
"Add 370" above is just a helpful reminder on how to calculate the resulting unemployment rate. This would be more ideal as an MC numeric, but such a thing does not yet exist afaik.
Note that this rounds to the number shown on ForexFactory. Significant decimals not shown in the headline ForexFactory UI will be ignored for the purpose of resolving this question.
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