Real data · Federal Reserve
Inflation & Economy Center
These are the actual numbers economists watch, pulled straight from the Federal Reserve. Here is what each one means for the price of your lunch, your first job, and the interest on your savings.
Government agencies publish these on a delay, so the newest reading is normally a month or two behind today's date. That is the real number, not a stale one.
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All figures come from official public data published by U.S. government agencies and the World Bank. They are shown here for education only — this is not financial advice, and numbers can be revised by the agencies that publish them.