Industrial production
Real output of manufacturing, mining, and electric and gas utilities in the United States.
0.02PercentAugust 2026 · Federal Reserve
Economic indicators
Find the measure behind the question. Explore 41 national indicators across inflation, jobs and wages, GDP and spending, interest rates, production and housing.
41 indicators
Industrial production
Production covers manufacturing, mining and utilities; capacity utilization compares output with estimated sustainable capacity.
Capacity utilization
Industrial output as a percentage of estimated sustainable capacity in manufacturing, mining and utilities.
76.27PercentAugust 2026 · Federal Reserve
Housing construction
All three measure housing units at an annualized monthly pace. They describe different stages, not the same cohort of projects.
Housing starts
Privately owned housing units whose construction started during the month.
1,275.00Thousands of housing units, annual rateAugust 2026 · Census / HUD
Housing building permits
Privately owned housing units authorized by building permits during the month.
1,403.00Thousands of housing units, annual rateAugust 2026 · Census / HUD
Housing completions
Privately owned housing units whose construction was completed during the month.
1,128.00Thousands of housing units, annual rateAugust 2026 · Census / HUD
Inflation & prices
CPI describes urban consumers’ out-of-pocket purchases; PCE has broader spending coverage. Yearly and monthly changes answer different questions.
CPI inflation
Price change for the basket of goods and services purchased by urban consumers.
3.40PercentAugust 2026 · BLS
Core CPI inflation
Consumer price change excluding food and energy.
2.45PercentAugust 2026 · BLS
Food prices
Consumer price change for food, including food at home and away from home.
2.67PercentAugust 2026 · BLS
Energy prices
Consumer price change for energy goods and services.
16.28PercentAugust 2026 · BLS
Shelter prices
Consumer price change for shelter services, including rent and owners’ equivalent rent.
3.04PercentAugust 2026 · BLS
Producer prices: final demand
Change in selling prices received by domestic producers for final-demand goods, services and construction.
5.41PercentAugust 2026 · BLS
PCE inflation
Price change for personal consumption expenditures, including purchases made on behalf of households.
3.42PercentAugust 2026 · BEA
Core PCE inflation
Price change for personal consumption expenditures excluding food and energy.
3.01PercentAugust 2026 · BEA
Jobs & wages
The household survey counts people. The establishment survey counts payroll jobs. Openings are a stock; hires and quits are monthly flows.
Unemployment rate
Unemployed people as a share of the civilian labor force, age 16 and older (U-3).
4.10PercentAugust 2026 · BLS
U-6 labor underutilization
Unemployed people, marginally attached workers and people working part time for economic reasons, relative to the labor force plus marginally attached workers.
7.70PercentAugust 2026 · BLS
Labor-force participation
People employed or unemployed as a share of the civilian noninstitutional population age 16 and older.
61.60PercentAugust 2026 · BLS
Employment-population ratio
Employed people as a share of the civilian noninstitutional population age 16 and older.
59.10PercentAugust 2026 · BLS
Prime-age employment-population ratio
Employed people as a share of the civilian noninstitutional population ages 25 through 54.
80.40PercentAugust 2026 · BLS
Nonfarm payroll employment
Jobs on nonfarm establishment payrolls, including private employers and government.
162.00Thousands of jobsAugust 2026 · BLS
Average hourly earnings
Average hourly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls.
3.09PercentAugust 2026 · BLS
Average weekly hours
Average weekly hours of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls.
34.40Hours per weekAugust 2026 · BLS
Employment Cost Index
Employment costs for total compensation of civilian workers, including wages, salaries and benefits.
3.38PercentQ2 2026 · BLS
Job openings
Positions open on the last business day of the month across total nonfarm establishments.
7,079.00Thousands of jobsAugust 2026 · BLS
Hires
Additions to payrolls during the month across total nonfarm establishments.
5,192.00Thousands of jobsAugust 2026 · BLS
Quits
Voluntary separations initiated by employees during the month across total nonfarm establishments.
3,066.00Thousands of jobsAugust 2026 · BLS
Initial unemployment insurance claims
New claims for unemployment insurance benefits under regular state programs during a week.
197,000.00ClaimsSep 19, 2026 · DOL
Continued unemployment insurance claims
Continued weeks of unemployment insurance benefits claimed under regular state programs.
1,719,000.00ClaimsSep 12, 2026 · DOL
GDP & spending
Nominal measures include price changes. Real measures adjust for them. Annualized quarterly GDP growth is distinct from year-over-year growth.
Nominal GDP
Market value of final goods and services produced in the United States, at current prices.
32,563,030.00Millions of dollars, annual rateQ2 2026 · BEA
Real GDP
Inflation-adjusted U.S. production, measured with a chain-type quantity index and expressed in chained dollars.
2.20PercentQ2 2026 · BEA
Personal income
Income received by persons from production, property and transfers, before personal current taxes.
27,626,933.00Millions of dollars, annual rateAugust 2026 · BEA
Disposable personal income
Personal income after personal current taxes.
24,223,171.00Millions of dollars, annual rateAugust 2026 · BEA
Consumer spending
Personal consumption expenditures at current prices, including goods and services.
22,308,527.00Millions of dollars, annual rateAugust 2026 · BEA
Real consumer spending
Personal consumption expenditures adjusted for price change, in chained dollars.
16,955,276.00Millions of chained 2017 dollars, annual rateAugust 2026 · BEA
Personal saving rate
Personal saving as a share of disposable personal income.
4.10PercentAugust 2026 · BEA
Retail and food services sales
Sales at retail establishments and food services businesses, adjusted for seasonal, holiday and trading-day differences.
1.24PercentAugust 2026 · Census
Interest rates
Published reference rates describe specific markets and dates. They are not loan offers. A yield spread is a difference in percentage points.
Effective federal funds rate
Transaction-based overnight federal funds rate; the modern measure is a volume-weighted median.
3.88Percent per yearSep 28, 2026 · Federal Reserve
3-month Treasury yield
Nominal Treasury constant-maturity yield for a three-month maturity.
4.28Percent per yearSep 28, 2026 · Federal Reserve
2-year Treasury yield
Nominal Treasury constant-maturity yield for a two-year maturity.
4.92Percent per yearSep 28, 2026 · Federal Reserve
10-year Treasury yield
Nominal Treasury constant-maturity yield for a ten-year maturity.
5.24Percent per yearSep 28, 2026 · Federal Reserve
30-year Treasury yield
Nominal Treasury constant-maturity yield for a thirty-year maturity.
5.56Percent per yearSep 28, 2026 · Federal Reserve
10-year minus 2-year Treasury spread
Difference between same-date nominal 10-year and 2-year Treasury constant-maturity yields.
0.32Percentage pointsSep 28, 2026 · Federal Reserve
Coverage is national. Each page shows the actual source period and publication metadata. The separate regional dataset covers all 50 states and District of Columbia. Production, housing, retail and claims histories are included in this catalog. Inspect the coverage matrix.