Read the US economy.
One economy, many instruments. Each measures one thing well and misses others by design. Read across them, through time and place, with the events that moved them in view.
Real GDP
The size of the US economy, inflation-adjusted.
FRED · GDPC1 · as of Jan 2026
Unemployment Rate
Share of the labor force looking for work and not finding it.
FRED · UNRATE · as of May 2026
Nonfarm Payrolls
Total jobs on US payrolls outside farming.
FRED · PAYEMS · as of May 2026
CPI Inflation (YoY)
How fast consumer prices are rising from a year ago.
FRED · CPIAUCSL · as of May 2026
Federal Funds Rate
The interest rate the Fed sets to steer the economy.
FRED · FEDFUNDS · as of May 2026
10-Year Treasury Yield
What it costs the government to borrow for ten years.
FRED · DGS10 · as of Jun 11, 2026
Industrial Production
Output of factories, mines, and utilities, as an index.
FRED · INDPRO · as of Apr 2026
Retail Sales
What Americans spent at stores and restaurants each month.
FRED · RSAFS · as of Apr 2026
Housing Starts
New homes builders broke ground on, at an annual rate.
FRED · HOUST · as of Apr 2026
Consumer Sentiment
How households feel about the economy, by survey.
FRED · UMCSENT · as of Apr 2026
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