The Weekly Economic Index (WEI) of the United States exhibited notable fluctuations between January 2021 and June 2025. Throughout this period, the WEI reached its lowest point at negative **** percent in the third week of February 2021, while achieving its peak at ***** percent in the first week of May 2021. From 2021 through the initial half of 2023, the WEI demonstrated a gradual decline, interspersed with occasional minor upturns. This phase was succeeded by a period characterized by a modest overall increase. What is the Weekly Economic Index? The Weekly Economic Index (WEI) is an index of real economic activity using high-frequency data, used to signal the state of the U.S. economy. It is an index of ** daily and weekly indicators, scaled to align with the four-quarter GDP growth rate. The indicators reflected in the WEI cover consumer behavior, the labor market, and production.

Leading Index for the United States was 1.72% in February of 2020, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Leading Index for the United States reached a record high of 3.35 in November of 1983 and a record low of -2.65 in March of 2009. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Leading Index for the United States - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.

United States Lagging Economic Index: Diffusion Index: 1 Month data was reported at 21.400 NA in Mar 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 57.100 NA for Feb 2025. United States Lagging Economic Index: Diffusion Index: 1 Month data is updated monthly, averaging 57.100 NA from Feb 1959 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 794 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 100.000 NA in Jul 1999 and a record low of 0.000 NA in Sep 2024. United States Lagging Economic Index: Diffusion Index: 1 Month data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by The Conference Board. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.The Conference Board: Leading Economic Index. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

Graph and download economic data for Coincident Economic Activity Index for the United States (USPHCI) from Jan 1979 to May 2025 about coincident economic activity, indexes, and USA.

Leading Economic Index the United States increased to 99 in May of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Coincident Index - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Weekly Economic Index in the United States decreased to 1.75 percent in May 31 from 2.03 percent in the previous week. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for the United States Weekly Economic Index.

Composite Leading Indicator in the United States increased to 100.43 points in June from 100.34 points in May of 2025. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for the United States Composite Leading Indicator.

In September 2024, the Composite Leading Indicator (CLI) of the United States stood at ******. The CLI is an economic indicator developed by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to predict potential future economic fluctuations. A BCI value above 100 indicates an positive fluctuation in the upcoming business cycle. A value below 100 indicates a negative economic fluctuation in the near future.

United States Lagging Economic Index data was reported at 119.100 2016=100 in Mar 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 119.200 2016=100 for Feb 2025. United States Lagging Economic Index data is updated monthly, averaging 58.700 2016=100 from Jan 1959 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 795 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 119.400 2016=100 in Apr 2024 and a record low of 25.000 2016=100 in Jan 1959. United States Lagging Economic Index data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by The Conference Board. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.The Conference Board: Leading Economic Index. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

In December 2024, the Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) of the United States stood at *****. The CCI in the U.S. began to slowly increase over the later half of 2024 after a year of decline. The CCI is an indicator of the confidence of consumers regarding their expected financial situation and their likelihood to spend money in the next 12 months. A CCI value above 100 indicates an increase in consumer confidence and the chance that consumers will spend money on major purchases in the next year. A value below 100 indicates negative economic developments, as consumers are likely to save their money.

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The WEI is an index of real economic activity using timely and relevant high-frequency data. It represents the common component of ten different daily and weekly series covering consumer behavior, the labor market, and production. The WEI is scaled to the four-quarter GDP growth rate; for example, if the WEI reads -2 percent and the current level of the WEI persists for an entire quarter, one would expect, on average, GDP that quarter to be 2 percent lower than a year previously.

The WEI is a composite of 10 weekly economic indicators: Redbook same-store sales, Rasmussen Consumer Index, new claims for unemployment insurance, continued claims for unemployment insurance, adjusted income/employment tax withholdings (from Booth Financial Consulting), railroad traffic originated (from the Association of American Railroads), the American Staffing Association Staffing Index, steel production, wholesale sales of gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel, and weekly average US electricity load (with remaining data supplied by Haver Analytics). All series are represented as year-over-year percentage changes. These series are combined into a single index of weekly economic activity.

For additional details, including an analysis of the performance of the model, see Lewis, Mertens, and Stock (2020), “U.S. Economic Activity during the Early Weeks of the SARS-Cov-2 Outbreak.” (https://www.newyorkfed.org/research/staff_reports/sr920)

This index has been developed by Daniel Lewis, an economist in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Karel Mertens, a senior economic policy advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, and James Stock, the Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Harvard University.

The index is not an official forecast of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, its president, the Federal Reserve System, or the Federal Open Market Committee.

Economic Optimism Index in the United States decreased to 48.60 points in July from 49.20 points in June of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism Index - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

United States - GDP-Based Recession Indicator Index was 6.80000 Percentage Points in October of 2024, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - GDP-Based Recession Indicator Index reached a record high of 100.00000 in April of 2020 and a record low of 0.00000 in July of 2020. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - GDP-Based Recession Indicator Index - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.

United States Leading Economic Index data was reported at 101.100 2016=100 in Feb 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 101.400 2016=100 for Jan 2025. United States Leading Economic Index data is updated monthly, averaging 59.950 2016=100 from Jan 1959 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 794 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 120.200 2016=100 in Dec 2021 and a record low of 22.200 2016=100 in Jan 1959. United States Leading Economic Index data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by The Conference Board. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.The Conference Board: Leading Economic Index. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

An index that can be used to gauge broad financial conditions and assess how these conditions are related to future economic growth. The index is broadly consistent with how the FRB/US model generally relates key financial variables to economic activity. The index aggregates changes in seven financial variables: the federal funds rate, the 10-year Treasury yield, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate, the triple-B corporate bond yield, the Dow Jones total stock market index, the Zillow house price index, and the nominal broad dollar index using weights implied by the FRB/US model and other models in use at the Federal Reserve Board. These models relate households' spending and businesses' investment decisions to changes in short- and long-term interest rates, house and equity prices, and the exchange value of the dollar, among other factors. These financial variables are weighted using impulse response coefficients (dynamic multipliers) that quantify the cumulative effects of unanticipated permanent changes in each financial variable on real gross domestic product (GDP) growth over the subsequent year. The resulting index is named Financial Conditions Impulse on Growth (FCI-G). One appealing feature of the FCI-G is that its movements can be used to measure whether financial conditions have tightened or loosened, to summarize how changes in financial conditions are associated with real GDP growth over the following year, or both.

Data was collected from the FRED website.

Contains economic indicators often associated with recessions along with recession status data. Data collected on smallest time unit and earliest time date available for each indicator which results in many nulls but increased flexibility for the users of this dataset.

• recession: "1" recessionary period, "0" non-recessionary period (Monthly)
• cpi: CPI (1982-1984=INDEX 100) (Monthly)
• gdp: Real GDP Billions of Chained 2017 Dollars (Quarterly)
• unemployment: Unemployment Rate (Monthly)
• m2: M2 Billions of Dollars (Monthly)
• fed_funds: Federal Funds Rate (Monthly)
• ten_two: 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Minus 2-Year Treasury Constant Maturity (Monthly)
• residential: Real Residential Property Price Rate (Quarterly)

Comprehensive description of each variable can be found at https://fred.stlouisfed.org/

In July 2024, the Chicago Fed Activity Index stood at **** for the United States. This is an increase from the previous month, when the index stood at *****The Chicago Fed National Activity Index is a coincident indicator used to track the nation's economic growth and potential inflation. An index value of zero indicates that the economy is growing at its historic trend rate of growth. A value over zero indicates that the economy is growing above its potential, while a negative value indicates that the economy is growing below its potential.

Graph and download economic data for GDP-Based Recession Indicator Index (JHGDPBRINDX) from Q4 1967 to Q4 2024 about recession indicators, percent, GDP, and indexes.

Coincident Index in the United States increased to 147.40 points in May from 147.03 points in April of 2025. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for the United States Coincident Index.