Daily briefing · October 30, 2026

Today's Economic Brief

The latest official readings show consumer-price growth at 4.0%, unemployment at 4.2%, annualized real GDP growth at 3.4%. New releases and revisions can change that picture.

What changed

BLS · Oct 30, 2026

Major Economic Indicators Latest Numbers

Consumer Price Index (CPI): +0.6% in Sep 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 29, 2026

Updates to MSA maps in FRED

FRED updates its metropolitan statistical area (MSA) maps to reflect the U.S. Census Bureau's core-based statistical area delineations.

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BEA · Oct 29, 2026

GDP (Advance Estimate), 3rd Quarter 2026

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 3.4 percent in the third quarter of 2026 (July, August, and September), according to the advance estimate released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (...

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Why it matters

Consumer-price growth is 4.0%, up 1.1 percentage points from Aug 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, Nov 3 at 10:00 AM ETJob Openings and Labor Turnover SurveyBLS
Wed, Nov 4 at 8:30 AM ETU.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, September 2026BEA
Thu, Nov 5 at 8:30 AM ETProductivity and CostsBLS
Fri, Nov 6 at 8:30 AM ETEmployment SituationBLS
Tue, Nov 10 at 8:30 AM ETReal EarningsBLS