Daily briefing · October 1, 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 2.2%. New releases and revisions can change that picture.

What changed

BLS · Sep 30, 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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BEA · Sep 30, 2026

Personal Income and Outlays, August 2026

Personal income increased $66.6 billion (0.2 percent at a monthly rate) in August, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Disposable personal income (DPI)-personal income less perso...

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BEA · Sep 30, 2026

GDP, (Third Estimate), Industries, Corporate Profits, State GDP, and State Personal Income, 2nd Quarter 2026; State PCE, 2025

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.2 percent in the second quarter of 2026 (April, May, and June), according to the third estimate released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). In...

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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

Fri, Oct 2 at 8:30 AM ETEmployment SituationBLS
Tue, Oct 6 at 8:30 AM ETU.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, August 2026BEA
Tue, Oct 6 at 10:00 AM ETServices Supplied Through Affiliates, 2024BEA
Wed, Oct 14 at 8:30 AM ETReal EarningsBLS
Wed, Oct 14 at 8:30 AM ETConsumer Price IndexBLS