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United States Part-Time Employment
Part-time employment for United States counts workers employed fewer than 35 hours per week, including both voluntary part-time and involuntary (underemployment). Involuntary part-time work is a key slack indicator.
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Why Part-Time Employment matters for USD
High involuntary part-time employment signals hidden labour market slack that can dampen wage growth even when headline unemployment is low, an important nuance for the Federal Reserve's assessment of economic capacity.
How to interpret this series
Rising involuntary part-time employment during an expansion is a dovish signal; it indicates more workers want full-time jobs, limiting wage pressure. Falling part-time counts alongside rising full-time employment is the most bullish combination for the usd.
Historical Part-Time Employment
Source: BLS. Cadence: Monthly. Unit: Persons. History from 1999-01-31 (27.4 years).
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Total number of employed persons.
Full-Time Employment
Number of persons employed full-time.
Initial Jobless Claims
Weekly initial unemployment insurance claims.
Job Openings
Total number of unfilled job positions, a key indicator of labor market demand and tightness.
Labor Force Participation Rate
Ratio of the labor force to the working-age population.
NAIRU (Natural Rate of Unemployment)
Non-Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment — the estimated unemployment rate consistent with stable inflation, published by the Congressional Budget Office.
Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP)
Number of workers in the U.S. excluding farm workers.
Unemployment Rate
Percentage of the labor force that is unemployed.
Common questions
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How often is United States Part-Time Employment updated?
Part-Time Employment for United States is released on a monthly schedule by Federal Reserve (or the relevant national statistics agency). FXMacroData ingests each new value within seconds of the official publication and exposes the exact announcement timestamp on every record.
What unit is Part-Time Employment reported in?
The series is published in Persons. The exact unit is also returned on every API response under the indicator metadata.
Where does FXMacroData source United States Part-Time Employment data?
Data is fetched directly from Federal Reserve or the official national statistics publication for United States. The source URL is preserved on every announcement record so downstream consumers can trace the value back to its primary release.
How do I query Part-Time Employment for United States via the API?
Issue a GET request to /api/v1/announcements/usd/part_time_employment?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY. The response contains a chronological list of observations with values, release dates, and announcement timestamps. USD announcement data is public; other currencies require a Professional API key.