The economy
Every number that moves markets: inflation, jobs, growth, the Fed and rates. What it was, what changed, and when the next one lands.
Fed funds (upper)
4.00%▲ 0.00
· 2026-10-13
Next: Oct 28
CPI
3.35%
year-on-year · 2026-08-01
Next: Oct 14
Core CPI
2.45%
year-on-year · 2026-08-01
Next: Oct 14
Core PCE
3.01%
year-on-year · 2026-08-01
Next: Oct 29
Payrolls
29K
change · 2026-09-01
Next: Nov 6
Unemployment
4.20%▲ 0.10
· 2026-09-01
Next: Nov 6
Jobless claims
197,000▼ 2000.00
· 2026-10-03
Next: Oct 15
GDP growth
2.20%▼ 0.30
· 2026-04-01
Next: Oct 29
Retail sales
1.13%
month-on-month · 2026-08-01
Next: Oct 15
2Y Treasury
4.75%▼ 0.02
· 2026-10-08
10Y Treasury
5.22%▼ 0.06
· 2026-10-08
Next: Nov 4
10Y–2Y spread
0.47%▼ 0.04
· 2026-10-08
Broad dollar
121.38▼ 0.40
· 2026-10-02
Next: Mar 17
WTI crude
$96.24▲ 0.11
· 2026-10-06
Treasury yield curve now10Y − 2Y spread →
3M4.23%+1 bp
2Y4.75%-2 bp
10Y5.22%-6 bp
30Y5.60%-7 bp
Latest daily close; change vs. the previous close in basis points.
Every series
| Series | Latest | Prev. / level | vs 1 yr ago | Date | Freq. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fed funds (upper) Federal Funds Target Range - Upper Limit | 4.00% | 4.00% | -5.9% | 2026-10-13 | daily |
| Core CPI Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items Less Food and Energy | 2.45% | 337.77 | +2.4% | 2026-08-01 | monthly |
| CPI Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items | 3.35% | 334.13 | +3.4% | 2026-08-01 | monthly |
| Payrolls All Employees, Total Nonfarm | 29K | 159,044K | +0.3% | 2026-09-01 | monthly |
| 10Y Treasury Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 10-Year Constant Maturity | 5.22% | 5.28% | +26.4% | 2026-10-08 | daily |
| Core PCE Personal Consumption Expenditures Excluding Food and Energy: Chain-type Price Index | 3.01% | 130.46 | +3.0% | 2026-08-01 | monthly |
| Unemployment Unemployment Rate | 4.20% | 4.10% | -4.5% | 2026-09-01 | monthly |
| PCE prices Personal Consumption Expenditures: Chain-type Price Index | 3.42% | 131.58 | +3.4% | 2026-08-01 | monthly |
| GDP growth Real Gross Domestic Product, percent change from preceding period (annualised) | 2.20% | 2.50% | -45.0% | 2026-04-01 | quarterly |
| 2Y Treasury Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 2-Year Constant Maturity | 4.75% | 4.77% | +32.7% | 2026-10-08 | daily |
| Fed funds (lower) Federal Funds Target Range - Lower Limit | 3.75% | 3.75% | -6.3% | 2026-10-13 | daily |
| Retail sales Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade and Food Services | 1.13% | 737,763M | +5.4% | 2026-08-01 | monthly |
| 10Y–2Y spread 10-Year minus 2-Year Treasury Yield Spread | 0.47% | 0.51% | -14.5% | 2026-10-08 | daily |
| Hourly earnings Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees, Total Private | 0.13% | $37.81 | +3.0% | 2026-09-01 | monthly |
| Jobless claims Initial Claims | 197,000 | 199,000 | -12.4% | 2026-10-03 | weekly |
| JOLTS openings Job Openings: Total Nonfarm | 7,079K | 7,335K | +2.3% | 2026-08-01 | monthly |
| PPI Producer Price Index by Commodity: Final Demand | 0.40% | 157.41 | +5.4% | 2026-08-01 | monthly |
| 10Y real yield Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 10-Year Constant Maturity, Inflation-Indexed | 2.87% | 2.92% | +61.2% | 2026-10-08 | daily |
| 30Y Treasury Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 30-Year Constant Maturity | 5.60% | 5.67% | +18.6% | 2026-10-08 | daily |
| 10Y–3M spread 10-Year minus 3-Month Treasury Yield Spread | 0.99% | 1.06% | +725.0% | 2026-10-08 | daily |
| Broad dollar Nominal Broad U.S. Dollar Index | 121.38 | 121.79 | +0.8% | 2026-10-02 | daily |
| Fed balance sheet Assets: Total Assets: Total Assets (Less Eliminations from Consolidation) | 6,747,560M | 6,743,031M | +2.4% | 2026-10-07 | weekly |
| Fed funds effective Federal Funds Effective Rate (daily) | 3.88% | 3.88% | -5.4% | 2026-10-08 | daily |
| 3M T-bill Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 3-Month Constant Maturity | 4.23% | 4.22% | +5.5% | 2026-10-08 | daily |
| WTI crude Crude Oil Prices: West Texas Intermediate (WTI) - Cushing, Oklahoma | $96.24 | $96.13 | +54.0% | 2026-10-06 | daily |
| ECI Employment Cost Index: Total Compensation, All Civilian | 0.89% | 177.18 | +3.4% | 2026-04-01 | quarterly |
| Industrial production Industrial Production: Total Index | 0.02% | 103.07 | +1.4% | 2026-08-01 | monthly |
| Real spending Real Personal Consumption Expenditures | 0.55% | $16,955.3B | +2.6% | 2026-08-01 | monthly |
| Real GDP Real Gross Domestic Product | 2.19% | $24,408B | +2.2% | 2026-04-01 | quarterly |
| 5Y Treasury Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 5-Year Constant Maturity | 4.99% | 5.03% | +34.1% | 2026-10-08 | daily |
| Continuing claims Continued Claims (Insured Unemployment) | 1,716,000 | 1,699,000 | -10.7% | 2026-09-26 | weekly |
| Core capex orders Manufacturers' New Orders: Nondefense Capital Goods Excluding Aircraft | 1.56% | 87,640M | +14.1% | 2026-08-01 | monthly |
| Durable goods Manufacturers' New Orders: Durable Goods | -0.07% | 338,458M | +8.4% | 2026-08-01 | monthly |
| EUR/USD U.S. Dollars to Euro Spot Exchange Rate | $1.13 | $1.12 | -3.7% | 2026-10-02 | daily |
| Housing starts New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started: Total Units | 1,275K | 1,309K | -1.2% | 2026-08-01 | monthly |
| USD/JPY Japanese Yen to U.S. Dollar Spot Exchange Rate | $157.81 | $157.63 | +7.1% | 2026-10-02 | daily |
| U-6 Total Unemployed, Plus Marginally Attached, Plus Part Time for Economic Reasons | 7.60% | 7.70% | -6.2% | 2026-09-01 | monthly |
| Vehicle sales Total Vehicle Sales | 16.4M | 17M | -3.4% | 2026-09-01 | monthly |
| Building permits New Privately-Owned Housing Units Authorized in Permit-Issuing Places | 1,403K | 1,433K | +4.2% | 2026-08-01 | monthly |
| Capacity utilisation Capacity Utilization: Total Index | 76.3% | 76.3% | +0.2% | 2026-08-01 | monthly |
| Gasoline US Regular All Formulations Gas Price | $4.35 | $4.47 | +39.6% | 2026-10-05 | weekly |
| IORB Interest Rate on Reserve Balances | 3.90% | 3.90% | -6.0% | 2026-10-13 | daily |
| Participation Labor Force Participation Rate | 61.8% | 61.6% | -1.1% | 2026-09-01 | monthly |
| M2 M2 | 5.66% | $23,342.8B | +5.7% | 2026-08-01 | monthly |
| Quits rate Quits: Total Nonfarm (rate) | 1.90% | 1.90% | -5.0% | 2026-08-01 | monthly |
| Retail sales ex food services Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade | 1.14% | 646,347M | +5.4% | 2026-08-01 | monthly |
| Treasury cash (TGA) Deposits with F.R. Banks, Other Than Reserve Balances: U.S. Treasury, General Account | 880,253M | 948,674M | +9.3% | 2026-10-07 | weekly |
| USD/CNY Chinese Yuan Renminbi to U.S. Dollar Spot Exchange Rate | $6.7 | $6.7 | -5.8% | 2026-10-02 | daily |
Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, and the BLS, BEA, Treasury and Federal Reserve Board. This product uses the FRED® API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.