A working reference for the releases that move rates and markets. What each indicator measures, how it is built, when it prints, and how to read it against the cycle. Every figure is live from the Federal Reserve’s FRED database.
Jobs, wages, and the supply of workers. The Fed's maximum-employment mandate.
Consumer and expenditure-based price measures. The Fed's 2% mandate anchor.
PMI surveys of manufacturing and services. The economy's forward pulse.
What households earn, spend, and expect. Roughly 70% of GDP.
The economy's scorecard. Total output across every sector.
Shared methodology behind the indicators.
