US Macroeconomic Dashboard
The US economy on one page. US inflation, the Fed funds rate, unemployment, wage growth and consumer spending, refreshed daily from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Federal Reserve (FRED).
Each indicator card shows the latest reading, the change since last month, a 24-month trend line, and a link to the official source. Use the dashboard to sanity-check headlines about the cost of living, mortgage rates, the labor market and the wider economy before deciding what to do about your own money.
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Frequently asked questions about US economic data
What is the US inflation rate right now?
The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes a fresh CPI reading once a month, usually mid-month. The number on this page is the year-on-year change in the headline CPI index, the same measure the Federal Reserve watches against its 2% target.
How often does the Fed change interest rates?
The Federal Open Market Committee meets eight times a year, roughly every six weeks. The fed funds target can stay flat between meetings, move by a typical step of 0.25 percentage points, or rarely more. The rate on this page is the effective federal funds rate.
Where does this dashboard get its data from?
Direct from the primary sources via FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data). Inflation, the fed funds rate, unemployment, wages, house prices, credit and consumer spending all come from FRED series published by the BLS, BEA, Census and the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq month-end levels come from Yahoo Finance. Every figure on the page links back to its source.
How current are the numbers?
A scheduled job refreshes the dashboard each morning at 08:15 UTC and grabs any release that has landed since the previous sweep, so the reading you see is the latest one FRED has published.
Why does the dashboard not show real-time market prices?
Real-time equity and bond prices move by the second and the free feeds are either scrape-hostile or licensed. We focus the dashboard on the monthly and event-driven series that ordinary savers actually need to make decisions about their 401(k), mortgage and savings.