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Up-to-date inflation, GDP, and unemployment economic indicators from FRED.

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items in U.S. City Average

2.4%
Change from Year Ago
March 2025

    CPI Inflation

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    FRED Graph

      Note

      Data source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics
      For more information, visit https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm


      Note

      Consumer price index (CPI)
      A measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services.

      Inflation
      A general, sustained upward movement of prices for goods and services in an economy.

      Inflation rate
      The percentage increase in the average price level of goods and services over a period of time.


      Gross Domestic Product

      29723.864
      Billions of Dollars
      Q4 2024

        Real Gross Domestic Product (Level)

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        FRED Graph

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          Data source: US Bureau of Economic Analysis
          For more information, visit https://www.bea.gov/data/gdp/gross-domestic-product


          Real Gross Domestic Product (Growth rate)

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            Real Gross Domestic Product

            3.200
            Percent Change from Preceding Period
            Q4 2023

              Note

              Gross domestic product (GDP)
              The total market value, expressed in dollars, of all final goods and services produced in an economy in a given year.

              Real
              Monetary values, wages, or prices, adjusted for inflation and measured in constant prices—that is, in prices of a given or base period. Real monetary values are obtained by adjusting nominal wages or prices with a price measure such as the CPI.

              Real gross domestic product (GDP)
              The total market value of all final goods and services produced in an economy in a given year calculated by using a base year's price for goods and services; nominal gross domestic product (GDP) adjusted for inflation.


              Unemployment Rate

              4.2%
              March 2025

                Unemployment Rate

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                  Data source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics
                  For more information, visit https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm


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                  Unemployment
                  A condition where people at least 16 years old are without jobs and actively seeking work.

                  Unemployment rate
                  The percentage of the labor force that is willing and able to work, does not currently have a job, and is actively looking for employment.

                  Full employment
                  The lowest possible unemployment rate in a growing economy with all factors of production used as efficiently as possible.


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