Returns the monthly harmonised unemployment rate for the euro area from the ECB's labour force statistics dataset (LFSI).
See also
Other macro:
ecb_gdp(),
ecb_government_debt()
Examples
# \donttest{
op <- options(readecb.cache_dir = tempdir())
ecb_unemployment(from = "2020-01")
#> ℹ Fetching euro area unemployment rate
#> ✔ Fetching euro area unemployment rate [1.2s]
#>
#> date value
#> 1 2020-01-01 7.5
#> 2 2020-02-01 7.3
#> 3 2020-03-01 7.2
#> 4 2020-04-01 7.4
#> 5 2020-05-01 7.7
#> 6 2020-06-01 8.1
#> 7 2020-07-01 8.5
#> 8 2020-08-01 8.6
#> 9 2020-09-01 8.6
#> 10 2020-10-01 8.4
#> 11 2020-11-01 8.2
#> 12 2020-12-01 8.2
#> 13 2021-01-01 8.3
#> 14 2021-02-01 8.2
#> 15 2021-03-01 8.2
#> 16 2021-04-01 8.3
#> 17 2021-05-01 8.1
#> 18 2021-06-01 7.9
#> 19 2021-07-01 7.7
#> 20 2021-08-01 7.6
#> 21 2021-09-01 7.4
#> 22 2021-10-01 7.3
#> 23 2021-11-01 7.2
#> 24 2021-12-01 7.1
#> 25 2022-01-01 7.0
#> 26 2022-02-01 6.9
#> 27 2022-03-01 6.9
#> 28 2022-04-01 6.8
#> 29 2022-05-01 6.8
#> 30 2022-06-01 6.8
#> 31 2022-07-01 6.7
#> 32 2022-08-01 6.8
#> 33 2022-09-01 6.7
#> 34 2022-10-01 6.7
#> 35 2022-11-01 6.7
#> 36 2022-12-01 6.7
#> 37 2023-01-01 6.7
#> 38 2023-02-01 6.6
#> 39 2023-03-01 6.6
#> 40 2023-04-01 6.6
#> 41 2023-05-01 6.5
#> 42 2023-06-01 6.5
#> 43 2023-07-01 6.6
#> 44 2023-08-01 6.6
#> 45 2023-09-01 6.6
#> 46 2023-10-01 6.6
#> 47 2023-11-01 6.5
#> 48 2023-12-01 6.5
#> 49 2024-01-01 6.6
#> 50 2024-02-01 6.6
#> 51 2024-03-01 6.5
#> 52 2024-04-01 6.4
#> 53 2024-05-01 6.4
#> 54 2024-06-01 6.4
#> 55 2024-07-01 6.4
#> 56 2024-08-01 6.3
#> 57 2024-09-01 6.3
#> 58 2024-10-01 6.2
#> 59 2024-11-01 6.2
#> 60 2024-12-01 6.3
#> 61 2025-01-01 6.3
#> 62 2025-02-01 6.3
#> 63 2025-03-01 6.4
#> 64 2025-04-01 6.3
#> 65 2025-05-01 6.4
#> 66 2025-06-01 6.4
#> 67 2025-07-01 6.4
#> 68 2025-08-01 6.4
#> 69 2025-09-01 6.4
#> 70 2025-10-01 6.4
#> 71 2025-11-01 6.3
#> 72 2025-12-01 6.3
#> 73 2026-01-01 6.2
#> 74 2026-02-01 6.3
#> 75 2026-03-01 6.3
options(op)
# }