Economic Metrics

Featured Article

US jobless claims chart — 215,000 initial claims for week ending June 20, 2026 with continued claims rising to 1.82M
Initial Jobless Claims — Week of June 20, 2026: 215,000 Is the Headline. The Rising Continued Claims Are the Tell.
Initial claims dropped 12,000 to 215,000 for the week ending June 20, but continued claims climbed to 1,821,000 — the highest reading since spring and 55,000 above the April cycle low. The divergen...[Read More]
Published At: Jun 25, 2026
Read The Article

Latest

Jobless claims chart for week ending June 13, 2026: 226K initial claims with continued claims rising to 1.81M
Initial Jobless Claims — Week Ending June 13, 2026: The Number Looks Fine. Continued Claims Don't.
Initial claims printed 226,000 for the week ending June 13 — a clean headline. Continued claims told a different story, jumping 24,000 to 1,810,000...[Read More]
Published At: Jun 18, 2026
May 2026 Producer Price Index chart — headline PPI up 6.4% YoY with core goods driving the increase to a four-year high
PPI May 2026: Energy Lit the Fuse, But Core Goods Pulled the Trigger
May 2026 Producer Price Index rose +1.06% MoM and +6.42% YoY, the largest 12-month gain since November 2022. Core PPI — less foods, energy, and tra...[Read More]
Published At: Jun 11, 2026
Initial jobless claims chart for the week of June 6, 2026 — 229K headline with the 4-week moving average and continued claims turning higher
Initial Jobless Claims — Week of June 6, 2026: 229K Is Calm. The Reabsorption Slowdown Is Not.
Initial jobless claims rose to 229,000 for the week ending June 6, but the headline misses the real movement: the 4-week moving average surged 4,25...[Read More]
Published At: Jun 11, 2026
May 2026 CPI breakdown chart — 4.2% headline driven by energy while core inflation cools to 0.2%
May 2026 CPI: The 4.2% Headline Is Energy. The Core Is Cooling.
May 2026 CPI rose 0.5% MoM and 4.2% YoY — the highest annual rate since 2023. But the headline is an energy story: energy supplied over 60% of the ...[Read More]
Published At: Jun 10, 2026
May 2026 US nonfarm payrolls chart showing +172K gain and cycle-high long-term unemployment
May Payrolls Rose 172,000 — but the Labor Market Underneath Is Freezing in Place
May payrolls rose +172,000, more than double the +80,000 consensus, with +93,000 in upward revisions. But leisure & hospitality and local gover...[Read More]
Published At: Jun 05, 2026
Initial Jobless Claims Rise to 225,000 — The Average Just Changed Direction
Initial Jobless Claims Rise to 225,000 — The Average Just Changed Direction
Initial jobless claims rose to 225,000 for the week ending May 30, 2026, pushing the 4-week moving average to 214,750 — the first directional shift...[Read More]
Published At: Jun 05, 2026
JOLTS April 2026: Openings Surge 731K — But the Workers Have Already Left
JOLTS April 2026: Openings Surge 731K — But the Workers Have Already Left
April 2026 JOLTS showed job openings jumping 731K to 7,618K — but the quits rate fell to 1.9% and hires dropped to 5,116K. When openings rise and q...[Read More]
Published At: Jun 04, 2026
April PPI: +1.4% Headline, +0.6% Core, Pipeline at Multi-Year Highs
April PPI: +1.4% Headline, +0.6% Core, Pipeline at Multi-Year Highs
April 2026 PPI surged +1.4% MoM, the largest monthly gain since March 2022. Headline YoY hit +6.0%. The real story is breadth: core ex-foods/energy...[Read More]
Published At: May 14, 2026
April 2026 CPI: Core Doubled. The Tariff Categories Didn't.
April 2026 CPI: Core Doubled. The Tariff Categories Didn't.
April 2026 CPI rose 0.6% MoM and 3.8% YoY, the highest annual rate since May 2023. The buried fact: core CPI doubled to +0.4% — the largest monthly...[Read More]
Published At: May 12, 2026
Sponsor
Paramount Pixel Lead