Data & Methodology
Every figure on this site traces back to a primary-source government release. This page documents what we track, where it comes from, how often it refreshes, and how to read the charts.
Headline indicators
Latest economic snapshot
- Real GDP growth: 2.1% (Quarterly, annualized · 2026-01-01)
- Inflation (CPI): 4.3% (Year-over-year · 2026-05-01)
- Unemployment: 4.2% (U-3 rate · 2026-06-01)
- 10-Yr Treasury: 4.48% (Constant maturity · 2026-07-01)
- Fed Funds Rate: 3.63% (Effective · 2026-06-01)
- Federal Deficit: $1.77T (Most recent fiscal year · FY ending 2025-09-30)
Cache last updated 2026-07-06 · Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
FRED series we track
The following economic time series are mirrored into a public cache at /data/fred.json and rendered server-side wherever possible. Latest value and as-of date are hydrated from the live cache; series awaiting their next refresh show an em dash.
| FRED series ID | Description | Latest value | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
GFDEGDQ188S | Federal debt as a percent of GDP (quarterly) | — | — |
FYFSD | Federal surplus or deficit, fiscal year (millions $) | — | — |
FYFSGDA188S | Federal surplus/deficit as a percent of GDP | — | — |
FYOIGDA188S | Federal interest outlays as a percent of GDP | — | — |
CPIAUCSL | Consumer Price Index, all urban consumers (index) | — | — |
CPILFESL | Core CPI, excluding food & energy (index) | — | — |
PCEPI | Personal Consumption Expenditures price index | — | — |
UNRATE | Unemployment rate, U-3 (percent) | — | — |
CIVPART | Labor force participation rate (percent) | — | — |
PAYEMS | Total nonfarm payroll employment (thousands) | — | — |
FEDFUNDS | Effective federal funds rate (percent) | — | — |
DGS2 | 2-year Treasury constant maturity yield (percent) | — | — |
DGS10 | 10-year Treasury constant maturity yield (percent) | — | — |
DGS30 | 30-year Treasury constant maturity yield (percent) | — | — |
A191RL1Q225SBEA | Real GDP growth, quarterly annualized (percent) | — | — |
M2SL | M2 money supply (billions $) | — | — |
Series identifiers link to their definitions on fred.stlouisfed.org. Treasury yield series (DGS2/DGS10/DGS30) are reported on business days; monthly and quarterly series update on their respective release schedules.
Methodology charts
Two representative trends, hydrated client-side from the public FRED cache. Each chart has an equivalent data table for screen-reader and no-JavaScript access.
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Inflation (CPI, year-over-year)
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CPI inflation, year-over-year percent change (FRED series CPIAUCSL) Month YoY change Loading data… -
10-Year Treasury yield
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10-year Treasury constant-maturity yield (FRED series DGS10) Date Yield Loading data…
Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis · public domain
Sources
Our figures come directly from public APIs and official releases:
- FRED — Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis economic database (the primary source for every series above).
- U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data — the national debt and fiscal-year deficit figures.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics — the underlying CPI and labor-market data carried in FRED.
- Bureau of Economic Analysis — GDP and PCE source data.
Refresh cadence
The FRED cache is refreshed on an automated daily schedule. Figures rendered on this site reflect the most recent automated refresh, so they are as current as that snapshot. Daily series (Treasury yields) update each business day; monthly and quarterly series appear after their official release.
How we render the numbers
Headline indicators and summary figures are computed server-side at build time from the cached snapshot, so they are accessible to every reader without running JavaScript and require no API key. Long-run trend charts are hydrated in the browser by fetching /data/fred.json — the same cache, reversed into chronological order. Every chart ships with an adjacent data table so the underlying numbers are never locked inside a canvas.
Corrections & reuse
FRED data is in the public domain. If you spot a discrepancy between a figure here and the original FRED series, the original release governs — see the About page for how we work, and consult FRED for the authoritative series.
Related federal data tools
For additional interactive charts on federal spending, the deficit, inflation, the yield curve and the federal funds rate, see GovSpending.org, an independent companion project tracking U.S. fiscal and economic data from the same public sources. A selection of its live charts is embedded on our Economic Data page.