Monthly. The Bureau publishes at 8:30 ET, with the employment situation. Read at 12:35, 13:35 and 14:35 UTC on weekdays. A month read at its release goes on-chain with the next daily proof, at 12:40 UTC. A month loaded as history does not.
First print
No complete month on file yet.
The first print is final for settlement; revisions are shown beside it and never replace it.
Fallback
A month that has not been published stays open. A month the Bureau never publishes is void. A revision is shown beside the first print.
Precision
Percent, one decimal, as published.
Cost to move
Not practical. Moving the month means changing the household survey the Bureau runs.
Grade
reference. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes the rate, and a venue can read it. Tickerz keeps the first number of each month it reads at release. The Bureau does not revise the rate month to month. It sets the seasonal factors again each January, and that can move the last five years.
For a rulebook
Settle on the Tickerz first print of $UNEMP for the month named in the contract, published at tickerz.com/x/unemp and in GET /api/indices/unemp, put on-chain daily with OpenTimestamps.
First prints
None on file yet. A first print is a number Tickerz reads at its release and puts on-chain before the Bureau revises it. The Bureau publishes Oct 2026 on Nov 6 2026, 13:30 UTC.
No forecasts on this index. Calls stay off until a month has been captured as a first print. History loaded at launch is the Bureau's current figure, not a first print.