The Numbers
Inflation, jobs, borrowing costs and fuel, with the run behind each figure. Every number carries the date of the observation it comes from.
Inflation
Consumer price index, change over twelve months
3.4%Up 0.1 points on the month before
4.202.30
Aug 2023Aug 2026
Latest · 3.40
Unemployment
4.1%
4.503.70
Aug 2023Aug 2026
Latest · 4.10
Payrolls
Non-farm payrolls, jobs added on the month
162,000Up 141,000 on the month before
237,000-156,000
Sept 2023Aug 2026
Latest · 162,000
Federal funds rate
3.63%
5.333.63
Sept 2023Aug 2026
Latest · 3.63
30-year mortgage
6.95%Up 0.19 points on the week before
6.955.98
Sept 2025Sept 2026
Latest · 6.95
10-year Treasury
4.94%Down 0.07 points on the day before
5.014.38
May 2026Sept 2026
Latest · 4.94
Regular gasoline
$4.32Up $0.16 on the week before
4.502.78
Sept 2025Sept 2026
Latest · 4.32
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED). Charts show the same measure as the figure beside them: inflation as the change over twelve months, payrolls as the change on the month.