Chicago Fed: Unemployment Holds Steady at 4.4% The U.S. unemployment rate was unchanged around 4.4% in November, the Chicago Federal Reserve estimated Thursday, while closely watched data from a private provider added to the evidence that the U.S. labor market is slowly weakening. Original Source: https://www.newsmax.com/finance/economy/unemployment-4-4-chicago/2025/12/04/id/1237050