# Stratalize US Labor Market Benchmark

> Stratalize US Labor Market Benchmark is a paid API for AI agents from www.stratalize.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns current US labor market indicators including unemployment, U-6, JOLTS openings, quit rate, participation rate, weekly claims, and wage growth, sourced from FRED with a tight/balanced/loosening signal.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://www.stratalize.com/api/x402/labor-market-benchmark
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/stratalize-us-labor-market-benchmark-e97ca82a
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_69YU2jkJ7VemqXU4wGtyI

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability stratalize-us-labor-market-benchmark-e97ca82a
```

Example prompt: Give me a full US labor market benchmark right now — unemployment, U-6, JOLTS openings, quit rate, participation, weekly claims, and wage growth, along with whether the market is tight, balanced, or loosening.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when an AI agent, macro analyst, or economist needs a single authoritative snapshot of US labor market health with multiple indicators in one call, backed by FRED data and cryptographic verifiability. Prefer over manual FRED queries when you need a pre-interpreted market signal (tight/balanced/loosening) alongside raw metrics. Especially useful in automated workflows where data provenance and tamper-evidence matter.

## Known failure modes

- FRED data unavailable or delayed — stale data returned with timestamp warning
- Invalid focus enum value — 400 error with accepted values
- Payment not processed or insufficient USDC — 402 Payment Required
- Signature verification failure at trust endpoint — cryptographic receipt may not resolve
- Network timeout if FRED upstream is slow

## How this service works

Stratalize — attested finance, legal, healthcare, and compliance intelligence. Signed, independently verifiable receipt on every call (trust.stratalize.com/verify). Use when a macro agent or economist needs current US labor market conditions. Returns unemployment, U-6, JOLTS openings, quit rate, participation, weekly claims, wage growth, and tight/balanced/loosening signal. Source: FRED daily

## Output

A structured snapshot of current US labor market conditions including: unemployment rate, U-6 underemployment, JOLTS job openings count, quit rate, labor force participation rate, weekly initial jobless claims, wage growth percentage, and a categorical market signal (tight/balanced/loosening). All data sourced daily from FRED. Response includes an ML-DSA-65 cryptographic signature and a verification receipt URL at trust.stratalize.com/verify.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "focus": {
   "enum": [
    "employment",
    "wages",
    "openings",
    "all"
   ],
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Request parameter: focus"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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