Daily briefing · September 22, 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

FRED Blog · Sep 21, 2026

FOMC Summary of Economic Projections, September 2026

In a previous FRED Blog post, we discussed the Summary of Economic Projections (SEP) released by the FOMC this past June. In this blog post, we again use ALFRED to compare the latest set of projections released in September 202...

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Cleveland Fed · Sep 21, 2026

Trends in Manufacturing in the United States

Manufacturing's role in the US economy has shifted: productivity growth slowed, employment share declined, and wage premiums changed alongside workforce education.

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BLS · Sep 18, 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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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 3.88%, down 0.2 percentage points from Sep 2025.

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

What comes next

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Thu, Sep 24 at 10:00 AM ETJob Flexibilities and Work SchedulesBLS
Fri, Sep 25 at 10:00 AM ETEmployee Benefits in the United StatesBLS
Tue, Sep 29 at 10:00 AM ETJob Openings and Labor Turnover SurveyBLS