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Economic data

The big US economic numbers on one page: rates, inflation, jobs, housing and market gauges, with a yield curve, a release calendar and a recession check.

The Economic page shows the numbers that set the mood for the whole market: interest rates, inflation, growth, jobs and housing. Each number is a card with its latest reading and a small trend. Above the cards you get the Treasury yield curve, the coming releases and a simple recession check. The data comes from official Federal Reserve data, so most cards update daily, weekly or monthly, not by the second.

The US Treasury yield curve at the top of the Economic pageThe US Treasury yield curve at the top of the Economic page
The US Treasury yield curve at the top of the Economic page

How to read the cards

  1. Open Economic from the Macro group in the sidebar.
  2. Scroll to the five groups: Interest Rates & Fed Policy, Inflation, Growth & Employment, Consumer & Housing and Market & Liquidity.
  3. Read each card: the latest value, the change from the previous reading, a small bar trend and the date of the reading.
  4. Compare with the date. A monthly number such as CPI stays the same until the next release.

Free accounts see seven cards: Fed Funds Rate, 10-Year Treasury, 2-Year Treasury, CPI, Unemployment Rate, 30-Year Mortgage Rate and Housing Starts. Pro shows all of them, including core CPI, PCE prices, payrolls, jobless claims, GDP, retail sales, consumer sentiment, M2 money supply, the trade-weighted dollar, the S&P 500 and the VIX.

How to open a card's history

  1. Click a card. (Pro and Terminal.)
  2. Choose 1Y, 5Y, 10Y or MAX above the chart. It opens on 5 years.
  3. Click the card again, or the close button, to hide the chart.

On Free the cards do not open. Upgrade if you want the long history.

How to check the yield curve

  1. Find US Treasury Yield Curve at the top. The tag next to the title says NORMAL, FLAT or INVERTED.
  2. Tick or untick Today, 1 Month Ago, 3 Months Ago, 1 Year Ago and 5 Years Ago to compare shapes.
  3. Read the colored box under the chart for the 10-year minus 2-year gap in basis points.
  4. Use the arrow at the top right to collapse the panel. Collapsed, it still shows the 2Y, 10Y and 30Y yields.

The Bonds page goes further into spreads and funding rates.

How to see what's coming this week

  1. Look at the calendar strip under the yield curve. It shows two weeks of weekdays, this week and the next.
  2. Each day lists that day's releases with a colored dot for importance and a warning marker on heavy days. Released numbers are shaded green for a beat and red for a miss against forecast.
  3. Use the left and right arrows to move up to two weeks back or forward. Use the jump button to return to this week.

The Calendar page adds earnings, IPOs and dividends.

How to use the recession check

  1. Find Recession Indicators. It looks at four things: the 10Y-2Y yield gap, the unemployment trend, the jobless claims trend and the VIX.
  2. Each one flags a warning when the gap is negative, when unemployment or claims are rising, or when the VIX is above 30.
  3. The overall label is Low with no warnings, Moderate with one or two, and Elevated with three or more.

This is a quick screen, not a forecast.

How to get an AI read

  1. Click Economic Outlook at the top right for a written macro briefing. Pro and Terminal.
  2. Open the Economic Briefing bar for a summary of the current readings in a side panel. Pro has a daily allowance. Terminal has no limit.
  3. Click Explain on a card for a plain-English take on that number. Pro and Terminal.

If something doesn't work

  • The page says economic data is taking too long: the data source is slow. Click RETRY.
  • A card looks stale: check its date. Monthly numbers only change at release.
  • Cards won't open: history needs Pro.