The latest unemployment data that can be downloaded ends in early 2013 then just
remains a constant value afterwards. (Same with housing starts).

Is more current data available?

I am building a program that buys the SPY when the unemployment data
falls below its 7 month moving average- and sell on the reverse.

Thanks

Fidelity economic indicator data were decommissioned last year (or maybe it was 2014). It even says it in the Data Manager since at least version 6.8: "Fidelity Economic Data (Decommissioned)"

Which version of WLPro are you using?

1)
I am in Fidelity's Private Client group and qualified to us WLP.

2)
I am using WLP 6.8.10.0
(and yes, i know that there is a 6.9 out there!)

3) And yes, I now see where it says "Decommissioned" for the Economic Indicator Data
But there is a check box to get the old data- for what purposes escapes me.

Thanks for pointing that out-

4)
So the next question is why can't the updated
data be added? Monthly data for a handful of series should not be that difficult.

Who would be the best person to talk to in Fidelity about this?
(Volker, Kent?)

If you need to talk to someone in the know, it's Kent. But if you need the data this year, it might be more productive to investigate using the YCharts Provider.

In addition to Cone's suggestion to use "[yc] unemployment rate" by YCharts (though you probably have to be their paid subscriber to get more than a sample of the last few quarters), unemployment numbers could be obtained with Multpl economic data provider as "[mu] unemployment" and FRED static provider where it's called UNRATE. Both are part of MS123 Extra Fundamental/News Providers extension.