US Economy

Growth, inflation, employment, rates, government debt, trade balance, and deficit - live from FRED.

Macro health heatmapFRED

GDP

CPI

Unemployment

Fed Funds

US Treasuries yield curveLive

FOMC dot plot

US GDPFRED

Nominal GDP, current dollars, annualized (updated quarterly)

GDP growthFRED

Real GDP, QoQ annualized rate

InflationFRED

CPI YoY (all items) · Fed avg target ~2%

Core CPI -

Interest ratesFRED

Fed Funds -

10Y Treasury -

30Y Mortgage -

Trade balanceFRED

Net exports of goods and services, in $ billions (updated quarterly)

US populationFRED

Total US resident population, in millions (updated monthly)

Labor market - supply, demand & priceFRED

Unemployment rateSupply

% of labor force without a job

Job openings rateDemand

Open jobs as % of total employment

Hires rateDemand

Monthly hires as % of employment

Real wage growthPrice

Median weekly real earnings, year-over-year growth (updated quarterly)

Loan delinquency ratesFRED

Share of balances 30+ days past due at all US commercial banks, by loan type (updated quarterly). Rising delinquencies are an early sign of household stress.

Credit cards

Mortgages

All loans & leases

Money supply & liquidityFRED

Monetary base (M0)Narrowest

Currency in circulation plus bank reserves at the Fed, in $ billions (updated monthly)

Monetary base (M0) growthYoY

M0 year-over-year growth (updated monthly)

Money supply (M2)Broader

M2 year-over-year growth (updated monthly)

Fed balance sheetQE / QT

Total Fed assets, in $ trillions (updated weekly)

Government financesFRED

Government spending growthYoY growth

Federal spending year-over-year growth, in % (updated quarterly)

Debt / GDPStock

Federal debt as % of GDP (updated quarterly)

Federal deficitGap

Surplus (+) or deficit (−), in $ billions (updated annually)

Federal spending by categoryLive

Sources: Live data from the US Treasury Monthly Treasury Statement (MTS). Figures rounded to the nearest billion. FYTD = fiscal-year-to-date; US fiscal year runs Oct 1 to Sep 30.

Private capital dry powder Top 5 public PE as of Q1 2026

Uncalled committed capital at the largest publicly-traded private-equity managers - the closest free proxy for total US PE dry powder. Sum of these five firms represents ~50-60% of the industry.

BX · Blackstone

$200B

vs Q4: +16%

KKR

$115B

vs Q4: +6%

APO · Apollo

$73B

vs Q4: +9%

BAM · Brookfield

$111B

vs Q4: +1%

ARES · Ares

$156B

vs Q4: +64%

Top 5 combined

$655B

~50-60% of total US private-market dry powder (Bain estimates the industry total at ~$2.5T including all PE/VC/infrastructure)

Source: each firm's most recent quarterly disclosures (uncalled commitments / "available capital"); figures approximate and definitions vary slightly by firm (e.g. Ares' "available capital" spans its credit franchises). Updated quarterly. Industry context: Bain & Co Global Private Equity Report.