WorldPulse

United States Recession Indicator

us-sahm-rule

Subject

United States

Metric

Recession Indicator

Data Points

793

Coverage

1959–2026

Latest Value

0.3

as of Jan 1, 2026

Time Series (793 observations)

Recent Data

DateValueType
Jan 1, 20260.3-
Dec 1, 20250.35-
Nov 1, 20250.43-
Sep 1, 20250.23-
Aug 1, 20250.13-
Jul 1, 20250.1-
Jun 1, 20250.17-
May 1, 20250.27-
Apr 1, 20250.27-
Mar 1, 20250.27-
Feb 1, 20250.27-
Jan 1, 20250.37-
Dec 1, 20240.4-
Nov 1, 20240.43-
Oct 1, 20240.43-

Showing most recent 15 of 793 observations

Data Source

Federal Reserve

Retrieved via FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis).

API Access

# Fetch data by canonical code
GET /api/v1/timeseries/canonical/us-sahm-rule

# With date filters
GET /api/v1/timeseries/canonical/us-sahm-rule?start_date=2020-01-01

# Point-in-time reconstruction (Pro)
GET /api/v1/timeseries/canonical/us-sahm-rule?as_of=2024-01-01