Daily briefing · October 6, 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

BEA · Oct 6, 2026

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, August 2026

The U.S. goods and services trade deficit increased in August 2026 according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau. The deficit increased from $92.8 billion in July (revised) to $105.6 billion in Au...

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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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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 4.2%, 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 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
Fri, Oct 16 at 8:30 AM ETU.S. Import and Export Price IndexesBLS