United States
Headline economic indicators for United States, with the most recent official readings.
- GDP growth, year on year (quarterly) 2.1% -0.10 (-4.5%) Sep 2026
- Inflation rate (monthly) 3.7% +0.34 (+10.0%) Sep 2026
- Central bank policy rate 3.9% +0.25 (+6.9%) Sep 2026
- Unemployment rate (monthly) 4.2% +0.10 (+2.4%) Sep 2026
- Government debt to GDP 115.8% +1.05 (+0.9%) 2024
Prices
| Indicator | Value | Change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation rate · | 2.9% | -1.17 (-28.3%) | |
| Consumer price index · | 143.9 | +4.12 (+2.9%) | |
| Inflation rate (monthly) · | 3.7% | +0.34 (+10.0%) | |
| Consumer price index (monthly) · | 336.9 | +1.96 (+0.6%) | |
| Core consumer price index (monthly) · | 339.3 | +1.25 (+0.4%) | |
| Core inflation rate (monthly) · | 2.6% | +0.12 (+4.8%) | |
| House price index (quarterly) · | 236.2 | +1.20 (+0.5%) | |
| House price inflation, year on year (quarterly) · | 1.2% | +0.48 (+71.7%) | |
| Real house price index (quarterly) · | 154.2 | -2.32 (-1.5%) | |
| Real house price growth, year on year (quarterly) · | -2.6% | -0.64 (-32.9%) | |
| Gasoline price, regular (monthly) · | 4.310 | -0.05 (-1.0%) | |
| Diesel price (monthly) · | 6.252 | -0.04 (-0.6%) | |
| PCE inflation rate, year on year (monthly) · | 3.6% | +0.20 (+5.9%) | |
| Core PCE inflation rate, year on year (monthly) · | 3.1% | +0.10 (+3.3%) | |
| GDP deflator inflation · | 2.8% | +0.32 (+12.8%) |
GDP
| Indicator | Value | Change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDP growth rate · | 2.2% | -0.63 (-22.6%) | |
| GDP per capita · | 90,026.52 | +3,857 (+4.5%) | |
| GDP growth, year on year (quarterly) · | 2.1% | -0.10 (-4.5%) | |
| GDP per capita, long-run history · | 58,487 | +964.76 (+1.7%) | |
| Crude oil production (monthly) · | 13,965 | +19.00 (+0.1%) | |
| GDP growth, quarterly, annualised · | 3.4% | +1.20 (+54.5%) | |
| Personal income, annual rate (monthly) · | 27,707,845 | +54,473 (+0.2%) | |
| GDP · | 30,769,700,000,000 | +1,471,687,000,000 (+5.0%) | |
| GDP, PPP · | 30,769,700,000,000 | +1,471,687,000,000 (+5.0%) | |
| GDP per capita, PPP · | 90,027 | +3,857 (+4.5%) | |
| GDP per capita growth · | 1.6% | -0.18 (-10.0%) | |
| GNI per capita · | 88,810 | +5,900 (+7.1%) | |
| Agriculture to GDP · | 0.9% | +0.01 (+0.9%) | |
| Industry to GDP · | 17.6% | +0.32 (+1.9%) | |
| Manufacturing to GDP · | 10.5% | +0.05 (+0.5%) | |
| Services to GDP · | 76.3% | -0.73 (-0.9%) | |
| Household consumption to GDP · | 67.9% | +0.19 (+0.3%) | |
| Gross capital formation to GDP · | 21.5% | -0.04 (-0.2%) | |
| Gross savings to GDP · | 16.6% | -0.51 (-3.0%) |
Labour
| Indicator | Value | Change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment rate · | 4.2% | +0.18 (+4.4%) | |
| Unemployment rate (monthly) · | 4.2% | +0.10 (+2.4%) | |
| Nonfarm payrolls · | 159,044 | +29.00 (+0.0%) | |
| Labour force participation rate (monthly) · | 61.8% | +0.20 (+0.3%) | |
| Average hourly earnings (monthly) · | 37.81 | +0.05 (+0.1%) | |
| Job openings (monthly) · | 7,079 | -256.00 (-3.5%) | |
| Labour force participation rate · | 61.7% | -0.26 (-0.4%) | |
| Female labour force participation rate · | 56.3% | -0.22 (-0.4%) | |
| Youth unemployment rate · | 9.3% | +0.42 (+4.7%) | |
| Employment to population ratio · | 59.1% | -0.35 (-0.6%) | |
| Employment in agriculture · | 1.5% | -0.04 (-2.8%) | |
| Employment in industry · | 18.9% | -0.13 (-0.7%) | |
| Employment in services · | 79.6% | +0.18 (+0.2%) |
Money
| Indicator | Value | Change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Real interest rate · | -1.3% | -3.43 (-157.9%) | |
| Central bank policy rate · | 3.9% | +0.25 (+6.9%) | |
| Real effective exchange rate (monthly) · | 107.1 | +0.43 (+0.4%) | |
| Nominal effective exchange rate (monthly) · | 101.9 | +0.15 (+0.1%) | |
| Private sector credit to GDP (quarterly) · | 139.7% | -0.53 (-0.4%) | |
| Credit-to-GDP gap (quarterly) · | -11.32 pp | +0.27 (+2.3%) | |
| Debt service ratio, private sector (quarterly) · | 13.8% | -0.10 (-0.7%) | |
| Debt service ratio, households (quarterly) · | 8.0% | +0.00 (+0.0%) | |
| Debt service ratio, non-financial corporations (quarterly) · | 36.9% | +0.00 (+0.0%) | |
| Personal saving rate (monthly) · | 3.8% | -0.20 (-5.0%) | |
| Broad money to GDP · | 99.7% | +0.96 (+1.0%) | |
| Private sector credit to GDP · | 201.3% | +5.39 (+2.8%) | |
| Lending rate · | 3.3% | -0.29 (-8.3%) | |
| Stock market capitalization to GDP · | 224.0% | +11.79 (+5.6%) | |
| Bank nonperforming loans · | 1.0% | -0.01 (-1.3%) | |
| Official exchange rate · | 1 | +0.00 (+0.0%) |
Trade
| Indicator | Value | Change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current account to GDP · | -3.8% | +0.27 (+6.5%) | |
| Exports to GDP · | 11.0% | -0.08 (-0.7%) | |
| Current account balance (quarterly) · | -246,023 | -33,426 (-15.7%) | |
| Trade balance, goods and services (quarterly) · | -199,817 | -40,991 (-25.8%) | |
| Imports to GDP · | 14.0% | +0.16 (+1.2%) | |
| Trade to GDP · | 25.0% | +0.09 (+0.3%) | |
| Exports of goods and services · | 3,215,368,000,000 | +142,008,000,000 (+4.6%) | |
| Imports of goods and services · | 4,113,828,000,000 | +253,972,000,000 (+6.6%) | |
| Trade balance, goods and services (annual) · | -931,962,000,000 | -46,487,000,000 (-5.2%) | |
| Current account balance (annual) · | -1,177,068,000,000 | +21,560,000,000 (+1.8%) | |
| Foreign direct investment to GDP · | 1.0% | +0.15 (+17.6%) | |
| Remittances received to GDP · | 0.0% | -0.00 (-1.4%) | |
| Total reserves, including gold · | 1,385,447,111,476.7 | +475,410,564,825 (+52.2%) | |
| Reserves in months of imports · | 2.8 | +0.86 (+44.6%) |
Government
| Indicator | Value | Change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Government debt to GDP · | 115.8% | +1.05 (+0.9%) | |
| Government revenue to GDP · | 17.8% | +0.29 (+1.7%) | |
| Government expense to GDP · | 24.4% | -0.18 (-0.7%) | |
| Tax revenue to GDP · | 10.8% | +0.15 (+1.4%) | |
| Government budget balance to GDP · | -7.2% | +0.07 (+0.9%) | |
| Government consumption to GDP · | 13.6% | +0.08 (+0.6%) | |
| Education spending to GDP · | 5.4% | +0.03 (+0.5%) | |
| Health spending to GDP · | 16.7% | +0.17 (+1.0%) |
Demography
| Indicator | Value | Change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population · | 341,784,857 | +1,781,060 (+0.5%) | |
| Population, long-run history · | 333,288 | +1,256 (+0.4%) | |
| Population growth · | 0.5% | -0.44 (-45.6%) | |
| Life expectancy · | 78.9 | +0.50 (+0.6%) | |
| Fertility rate · | 1.63 | +0.01 (+0.6%) | |
| Birth rate · | 10.6 | -0.10 (-0.9%) | |
| Death rate · | 9.0 | -0.20 (-2.2%) | |
| Urban population share · | 80.2% | +0.07 (+0.1%) | |
| Population aged 65 and over · | 18.4% | +0.46 (+2.6%) | |
| Under-five mortality rate · | 6.5 | +0.00 (+0.0%) | |
| Population density · | 37.2 | +0.36 (+1.0%) | |
| Net migration · | 1,230,663 | -55,469 (-4.3%) | |
| Gini index · | 41.8 | +0.00 (+0.0%) |
Source: Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Translated titles are not official BIS translations.
Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.
This product uses the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Data API but is not endorsed or certified by BEA. Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. PCE inflation rates are calculated by ChartBasis from BEA price indexes.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Original sources of these estimates
GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics
United States
- 1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
- 1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
- 1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
- 1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).
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