Daily briefing · September 12, 2026

Today's Economic Brief

The latest official readings show consumer-price growth at 3.7%, unemployment at 4.1%, annualized real GDP growth at 1.5%. New releases and revisions can change that picture.

What changed

BLS · Sep 11, 2026

Major Economic Indicators Latest Numbers

Consumer Price Index (CPI): +0.4% in Aug 2026 News Release Historical Data Unemployment Rate: 4.1% in Aug 2026 News Release Historical Data Payroll Employment: +162,000(p) in Aug 2026 News Release Historical Data Average Hourly...

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FRED Blog · Sep 10, 2026

A new calculation for subprime credit risk

The takeaway The New York Fed’s consumer credit dataset is now calculated with a different methodology—one that includes 33 million more borrowers than before. The Consumer Credit Panel With a data update on August 10, 2026, th...

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FRED Blog · Sep 3, 2026

Measures of consumer sentiment

The takeaway Measures of household financial well-being don’t always align with consumer sentiment. You can feel relatively secure about your finances while still being pessimistic about the overall economy. Are you doing OK? I...

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Why it matters

Consumer-price growth is 3.7%, up 1.0 percentage points from Jul 2025.
Unemployment rate is 4.1%, down 0.2 percentage points from Jul 2025.
Federal funds rate is 3.63%, down 0.7 percentage points from Sep 2025.

These comparisons describe published observations; they do not assign causes.

What comes next

Wed, Sep 16 at 8:30 AM ETU.S. Import and Export Price IndexesBLS
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Fri, Sep 18 at 10:00 AM ETState Employment and Unemployment (Monthly)BLS
Thu, Sep 24 at 8:30 AM ETU.S. International Transactions and Investment Position, 2nd Quarter 2026BEA
Thu, Sep 24 at 10:00 AM ETEmployee TenureBLS