Consumer prices were 3.4% higher in July 2026 than a year earlier. Unemployment was 4.1% in August 2026, with employers adding 162,000 jobs. The 10-year Treasury yielded 4.78% on 4 September 2026, 0.41 points more than the 2-year. The federal debt stood at $40.10 trillion on 3 September 2026, $2.69 trillion more than a year before.
Every number on this page is the publishing agency's own — the Bureau of Labor Statistics for prices and jobs, the U.S. Treasury for yields and debt — with the period it describes and a link to the source. Changes over a month or a year are our arithmetic on those figures. Nothing here is a forecast, and no market price appears.
Inflation was 3.4% over the year to July 2026, against 3.5% a month earlier. Prices up 0.1% on the month after seasonal adjustment. Leaving out food and energy, the yearly rate was 2.5%. What producers received rose 4.7% over the year to July 2026.
3.4%July 2026
The Consumer Price Index stood at 333.9 in July 2026 (1982–84 = 100), 3.4% above July 2025. Seasonally adjusted, prices were up 0.1% on the month.
No figure for October 2025: the Bureau published none (the 2025 lapse in appropriations). The line breaks there and comparisons across it are left blank.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics · July 2026 · next release expected around 10 September 2026 (calendar)
2.5%July 2026
Food and energy swing most from month to month; the rest of the basket rose 2.5% over the year to July 2026, against 2.6% a month earlier.
No figure for October 2025: the Bureau published none (the 2025 lapse in appropriations). The line breaks there and comparisons across it are left blank.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics · July 2026 · next release expected around 10 September 2026 (calendar)
4.7%July 2026
What producers received for goods and services sold to final demand rose 4.7% over the year to July 2026; down 0.1% on the month. This index is not seasonally adjusted, so the monthly figure is noisy.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics · July 2026 · next release expected around 10 September 2026 (calendar)
Unemployment was 4.1% in August 2026, unchanged on the month at 4.1% and down 0.2 points on the year. Employers added 162,000 jobs, and 603,000 over twelve months. Hourly pay was up 3.1% on the year. There were 7.3 million job openings at the end of July 2026.
4.1%August 2026
4.1% in August 2026, unchanged on the month at 4.1%; 4.3% a year earlier.
No figure for October 2025: the Bureau published none (the 2025 lapse in appropriations). The line breaks there and comparisons across it are left blank.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics · August 2026 · next release expected around 2 October 2026 (calendar)
+162,000August 2026
Total nonfarm employment was 159,075,000 in August 2026, up 162,000 from July 2026; up 603,000 over twelve months. The Bureau revises the last two months with each release; a revised figure is kept beside the first.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics · August 2026 · next release expected around 2 October 2026 (calendar)
3.1%August 2026
Average hourly earnings were $37.75 in August 2026, against $36.62 a year earlier. Set against 3.4% inflation, pay did not keep up with prices.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics · August 2026 · next release expected around 2 October 2026 (calendar)
61.6%August 2026
61.6% of the civilian population aged 16 and over in August 2026; 62.3% a year earlier. A falling rate can lower unemployment without anyone finding work.
No figure for October 2025: the Bureau published none (the 2025 lapse in appropriations). The line breaks there and comparisons across it are left blank.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics · August 2026 · next release expected around 2 October 2026 (calendar)
7.27mJuly 2026
7,271,000 openings at the end of July 2026, from 7,182,000 in June 2026 and 7,089,000 a year earlier. JOLTS reports a month later than the jobs report.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics · July 2026 · next release expected around 1 October 2026 (calendar)
On 4 September 2026 the 10-year Treasury yielded 4.78% and the 2-year 4.37%. The 10-year pays 0.41 points more than the 2-year: an upward-sloping curve, the usual shape, where longer money costs more. A month earlier the 10-year was 4.63%; a year earlier 4.17%.
Par yields: the rate at which a new Treasury of that maturity would be issued at face value, read from the day's closing market quotes by the Treasury. Percent per year.
Source: U.S. Treasury · 4 September 2026 · posted after the close, in our record the next business day · next reading expected 8 September 2026
| Maturity | 4 September | a month earlier | a year earlier |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month | 3.79 | 3.78 | 4.33 |
| 3-month | 3.91 | 3.89 | 4.16 |
| 6-month | 3.98 | 4.00 | 3.94 |
| 1-year | 4.13 | 4.04 | 3.76 |
| 2-year | 4.37 | 4.20 | 3.59 |
| 5-year | 4.54 | 4.33 | 3.65 |
| 10-year | 4.78 | 4.63 | 4.17 |
| 20-year | 5.25 | 5.18 | 4.81 |
| 30-year | 5.24 | 5.18 | 4.86 |
Percent per year. An older reading shown in red means yields have risen since; green, fallen.
The 10-year over the last year
Total public debt outstanding was $40.10 trillion on 3 September 2026, $2.69 trillion (7.2%) more than on 3 September 2025 — about $7 billion a day.
$40.10 trillion3 September 2026
Exactly $40,102,964,278,586 on 3 September 2026, counting debt held by the public and by government accounts. up 0.92% over a month.
Source: U.S. Treasury, Fiscal Data · 3 September 2026 · next release expected around 4 September 2026 (calendar)
+$2.69 trillion3 September 2026
From $37.41 trillion to $40.10 trillion: 7.2% in a year, $7 billion a day on average.
Source: U.S. Treasury, Fiscal Data · 3 September 2026 · next release expected around 4 September 2026 (calendar)