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.
The economy at a glance
39 indicators · latest from cacheoutput
Real GDP $24.2T ▲ 2.6%yr/yr as of Jan 2026Real GDP per Capita $70,502 ▲ 2.2%yr/yr as of Jan 2026Labor Productivity 119.4 ▲ 2.8%yr/yr as of Jan 2026Industrial Production 102.6 ▲ 1.7%yr/yr as of May 2026Inventory-to-Sales Ratio 1.32 ▼ 4.3%yr/yr as of Mar 2026Corporate Profits (% of GDP) 11.3% ▲ 0.5 ppyr/yr as of Jan 2026
labor
Unemployment Rate 4.3% → 0.0 ppyr/yr as of May 2026U-6 Underemployment Rate 8.1% ▲ 0.3 ppyr/yr as of May 2026Nonfarm Payrolls 159.0M ▲ 0.3%yr/yr as of May 2026Job Openings 7.6M ▲ 7.3%yr/yr as of Apr 2026Initial Jobless Claims 229K ▼ 0.9%yr/yr as of Jun 2026Labor Force Participation Rate 61.8% ▼ 0.6 ppyr/yr as of May 2026Prime-Age Employment Rate 80.8% ▲ 0.3 ppyr/yr as of May 2026Old-Age Dependency Ratio 27.7% ▲ 0.9 ppyr/yr as of Jan 2024Real Wage Growth (YoY) +0.8% ▼ 1.4 ppyr/yr as of Jan 2026Median Household Income $83,730 ▲ 3.9%yr/yr as of Jan 2024Federal Minimum Wage $7.25 → 0.0%yr/yr as of Jan 2026
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Each row links to the full history in the Tracker. The line is the last ~12 years; the change compares the latest reading to a year ago. Latest-revised, read from cache; see sources & methodology.