Economic releases
Actual vs forecast for major U.S. data — every print as first published, how far it missed, and how often each indicator beats expectations.
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Scorecard
Latest print per indicator| Indicator | Period | Actual | Fcst | Surprise | Last 12 | Above · below | Typ. miss | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jobs | ||||||||
| Nonfarm payrolls | Aug 2026 | 162K | 55K | +107K | 62% · 38% n=16 | 67.7K | 10/02 08:30 · 90K | |
| Unemployment rate | Aug 2026 | 4.1% | 4.1% | 0.0% | 24% · 35% n=17 | 0.06% | 10/02 08:30 · 4.1% | |
| Average hourly earnings m/m | Aug 2026 | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 19% · 38% n=16 | 0.06% | 10/02 08:30 · 0.3% | |
| Initial jobless claims | Week of Sep 19, 2026 | 197K | 201K | −4K | 31% · 63% n=71 | 7.8K | 10/01 08:30 · 201K | |
| JOLTS job openings | Aug 2026 | 7.08M | 7.23M | −0.15M | 39% · 61% n=18 | 0.270M | — | |
| Employment cost index q/q | Q2 2026 | 0.9% | 0.8% | +0.1% | 50% · 33% n=6 | 0.08% | — | |
| Productivity | ||||||||
| Productivity q/q (prelim) | Q2 2026 | 1.4% | 0.6% | +0.8% | 67% · 17% n=6 | 0.45% | — | |
| Productivity q/q (revised) | Q2 2026 | 1.4% | 1.4% | 0.0% | 17% · 50% n=6 | 0.25% | — | |
| Unit labor costs | ||||||||
| Unit labor costs q/q (prelim) | Q2 2026 | 1.3% | 2.2% | −0.9% | 33% · 50% n=6 | 0.72% | — | |
| Unit labor costs q/q (revised) | Q2 2026 | 1.2% | 1.3% | −0.1% | 33% · 50% n=6 | 0.43% | — | |
| Inflation | ||||||||
| CPI m/m | Aug 2026 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 6% · 44% n=16 | 0.07% | — | |
| CPI y/y | Aug 2026 | 3.4% | 3.4% | 0.0% | 12% · 53% n=17 | 0.09% | — | |
| Core CPI m/m | Aug 2026 | 0.3% | 0.2% | +0.1% | 12% · 56% n=16 | 0.09% | — | |
| Core CPI y/y | Aug 2026 | 2.4% | 2.4% | 0.0% | 0% · 25% n=4 | 0.05% | — | |
| PPI m/m | Aug 2026 | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 38% · 50% n=16 | 0.38% | — | |
| Core PPI m/m | Aug 2026 | 0.2% | 0.3% | −0.1% | 31% · 69% n=16 | 0.33% | — | |
| Core PCE price index m/m | Jul 2026 | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 18% · 18% n=17 | 0.04% | 09/30 08:30 · 0.3% | |
| Import prices m/m | Aug 2026 | 0.7% | 0.4% | +0.3% | 56% · 38% n=16 | 0.50% | — | |
| GDP | ||||||||
| GDP q/q (advance) | Q2 2026 | 1.5% | 2.1% | −0.6% | 20% · 80% n=5 | 0.64% | — | |
| GDP q/q (prelim) | Q2 2026 | 1.5% | 1.5% | 0.0% | 50% · 33% n=6 | 0.40% | — | |
| GDP q/q (final) | Q1 2026 | 2.1% | 1.6% | +0.5% | 67% · 33% n=6 | 0.28% | 09/30 08:30 · 1.5% | |
| GDP price index | ||||||||
| GDP price index q/q (advance) | Q2 2026 | 6.2% | 4.1% | +2.1% | 60% · 40% n=5 | 0.78% | — | |
| GDP price index q/q (prelim) | Q2 2026 | 6.4% | 6.2% | +0.2% | 50% · 17% n=6 | 0.27% | — | |
| GDP price index q/q (final) | Q1 2026 | 3.6% | 3.5% | +0.1% | 50% · 33% n=6 | 0.08% | 09/30 08:30 · 6.4% | |
| Consumer | ||||||||
| Retail sales m/m | Aug 2026 | 1.2% | 0.8% | +0.4% | 56% · 33% n=18 | 0.24% | — | |
| Retail sales ex-autos m/m | Aug 2026 | 1.4% | 0.6% | +0.8% | 50% · 33% n=18 | 0.24% | — | |
| Personal spending m/m | Jul 2026 | 0.2% | 0.1% | +0.1% | 29% · 29% n=17 | 0.06% | 09/30 08:30 · 0.8% | |
| Personal income m/m | Jul 2026 | 0.4% | 0.2% | +0.2% | 53% · 35% n=17 | 0.23% | 09/30 08:30 · 0.5% | |
| Business | ||||||||
| Durable goods orders m/m | Aug 2026 | 0.0% | -0.3% | +0.3% | 74% · 21% n=19 | 1.86% | — | |
| Durables ex-transportation m/m | Aug 2026 | 0.3% | 0.6% | −0.3% | 68% · 32% n=19 | 0.39% | — | |
| Factory orders m/m | Jul 2026 | 0.9% | 0.7% | +0.2% | 53% · 29% n=17 | 0.30% | 10/02 10:00 · 0.1% | |
| Business inventories m/m | Jul 2026 | 0.8% | 0.6% | +0.2% | 22% · 28% n=18 | 0.07% | — | |
| Industrial production m/m | Aug 2026 | 0.0% | 0.3% | −0.3% | 38% · 56% n=16 | 0.21% | — | |
| Capacity utilization | Aug 2026 | 76.3% | 76.4% | −0.1% | 25% · 56% n=16 | 0.24% | — | |
| Empire State manufacturing | Sep 2026 | 7.6 | 14.8 | −7.2 | 61% · 39% n=18 | 8.91 | — | |
| Philly Fed manufacturing | Sep 2026 | 37.8 | 31.3 | +6.5 | 61% · 39% n=18 | 13.72 | — | |
| Trade balance | Jul 2026 | -88.6B | -89.4B | +0.8B | 61% · 39% n=18 | 5.61B | — | |
| Housing | ||||||||
| Housing starts | Aug 2026 | 1.27M | 1.32M | −0.05M | 38% · 54% n=13 | 0.091M | — | |
| Building permits | Aug 2026 | 1.39M | 1.40M | −0.01M | 38% · 62% n=13 | 0.039M | — | |
| New home sales | Aug 2026 | 684K | 615K | +69K | 46% · 54% n=13 | 52.9K | — | |
| Construction spending m/m | Jul 2026 | -0.5% | 0.0% | −0.5% | 25% · 58% n=12 | 0.34% | 10/01 10:00 · 0.0% | |
Surprise = actual − forecast, in the release’s own units. Colour shows what the miss means: stronger growth or cooler inflation vs weaker growth or hotter inflation. Next = date (ET) · forecast.
JOLTS job openings
| Released | Period | Actual | Fcst | Surprise | σ | Prev | Prev (rev) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | Aug 2026 | 7.08M | 7.23M | −0.15M | -0.4 | 7.27M | 7.33M |
| 2026-09-01 | Jul 2026 | 7.27M | 7.33M | −0.06M | -0.2 | 7.36M | 7.18M |
| 2026-08-04 | Jun 2026 | 7.36M | 7.44M | −0.08M | -0.2 | 7.59M | 7.54M |
| 2026-06-30 | May 2026 | 7.59M | 7.28M | +0.31M | 0.8 | 7.62M | 7.58M |
| 2026-06-02 | Apr 2026 | 7.62M | 6.87M | +0.75M | 2.0 | 6.87M | 6.89M |
| 2026-05-05 | Mar 2026 | 6.87M | 6.86M | +0.01M | 0.0 | 6.88M | 6.92M |
| 2026-03-31 | Feb 2026 | 6.88M | 6.89M | −0.01M | -0.0 | 6.95M | 7.24M |
| 2026-03-13 | Jan 2026 | 6.95M | 6.76M | +0.19M | 0.5 | 6.54M | 6.55M |
| 2026-02-05 | Dec 2025 | 6.54M | 7.25M | −0.71M | -1.9 | 7.15M | 6.93M |
| 2026-02-03 | Dec 2025 | 6.54M | 7.21M | −0.67M | -1.8 | 7.15M | 6.93M |
| 2026-01-07 | Nov 2025 | 7.15M | 7.61M | −0.46M | -1.2 | 7.67M | 7.45M |
| 2025-12-09 | Oct 2025 | 7.67M | — | — | — | 7.23M | 7.66M |
| 2025-09-30 | Aug 2025 | 7.23M | 7.19M | +0.04M | 0.1 | 7.18M | 7.21M |
| 2025-09-03 | Jul 2025 | 7.18M | 7.38M | −0.20M | -0.6 | 7.44M | 7.36M |
| 2025-07-29 | Jun 2025 | 7.44M | 7.51M | −0.07M | -0.2 | 7.77M | 7.71M |
| 2025-07-01 | May 2025 | 7.77M | 7.32M | +0.45M | 1.2 | 7.39M | 7.39M |
| 2025-06-03 | Apr 2025 | 7.39M | 7.11M | +0.28M | 0.8 | 7.19M | 7.20M |
| 2025-04-29 | Mar 2025 | 7.19M | 7.49M | −0.30M | -0.8 | 7.57M | 7.48M |
| 2025-04-01 | Feb 2025 | 7.57M | 7.69M | −0.12M | -0.3 | 7.74M | 7.76M |
Forecast history begins March 2025. Actuals are the numbers published on release day, before later revisions.
How to read this page
Actual vs forecast. Before each release, economists publish a consensus forecast. Markets price that forecast in ahead of time, so what moves stocks, bonds and rate expectations on release day is the surprise: the actual minus the forecast.
First print, not today’s number. Every actual here is what was published on the day. Payrolls, GDP, retail sales and many other series are revised later — the prior period’s revision in each release is shown as rev. GDP and productivity have several estimates per quarter (advance, second, third), each scored against its own forecast.
σ (sigma). The surprise divided by the standard deviation of that indicator’s past misses. It puts a 0.1% CPI miss and a 50K payrolls miss on the same scale: under 1σ is ordinary, above 2σ is a genuine shock.
Above · below. How often releases came in above or below forecast (the rest matched exactly). A persistent lean means forecasters have been systematically behind the data.