Daily briefing · October 3, 2026

Today's Economic Brief

The latest official readings show consumer-price growth at 3.7%, unemployment at 4.2%, annualized real GDP growth at 2.2%. New releases and revisions can change that picture.

What changed

BLS · Oct 2, 2026

Major Economic Indicators Latest Numbers

Consumer Price Index (CPI): +0.4% in Aug 2026 News Release Historical Data Unemployment Rate: 4.2% in Sep 2026 News Release Historical Data Payroll Employment: +29,000(p) in Sep 2026 News Release Historical Data Average Hourly...

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FRED Blog · Oct 1, 2026

Real GDP growth by state: Second quarter 2026

On September 30, 2026, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released real GDP data for all US states for the second quarter of 2026. The FRED map above shows the annualized growth rates from the previous quarter: Red denotes c...

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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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Why it matters

Consumer-price growth is 3.7%, up 1.0 percentage points from Jul 2025.
Unemployment rate is 4.2%, down 0.1 percentage points from Aug 2025.
Federal funds rate is 3.88%, down 0.2 percentage points from Oct 2025.

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

What comes next

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
Thu, Oct 15 at 8:30 AM ETProducer Price IndexBLS