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Where today's numbers sit against the past year: mortgages, Treasuries, the Fed, inflation, jobs, gas, car loans, credit cards, oil and stocks. Hover or tap a point for the month.
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These are the places the numbers on this page come from. The first group has no advertising and publishes the raw data itself. The second group is good journalism that does run ads, so read with that in mind.
FRED — Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis government
Thousands of free data series with charts: rates, yields, mortgage rates, CPI. fred.stlouisfed.org
Federal Reserve Board — H.15 and the SEP government
Daily rates and the Fed's own forecasts, straight from the source. federalreserve.gov
U.S. Treasury — Daily Par Yield Curve government
Every Treasury yield, every business day. home.treasury.gov
Bureau of Labor Statistics — CPI government
The inflation number everyone quotes. bls.gov/cpi
Congressional Budget Office government · nonpartisan
Ten-year economic and budget projections. cbo.gov
EIA — Short-Term Energy Outlook government
Oil and gas price forecasts, monthly. eia.gov/outlooks/steo
USDA AMS — Grain Market News government
Official corn, wheat and soybean settlements. ams.usda.gov
Freddie Mac — Primary Mortgage Market Survey no ads · GSE
The weekly mortgage rate the news quotes. freddiemac.com/pmms
Liberty Street Economics no ads · NY Fed
Fed economists explaining their own research in plain terms. libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org
EconoFact non-partisan · Tufts University
Short, sourced memos by academic economists. Published by the Fletcher School. econofact.org
Investor.gov (SEC) and the CFPB government
How mortgages, bonds and investing actually work, with no product to sell you. investor.gov · consumerfinance.gov
Khan Academy — Finance & Capital Markets no ads · nonprofit
Free lessons on interest, bonds and inflation. khanacademy.org
Consumer Reports — Money no ads · nonprofit
Takes no advertising; funded by members. consumerreports.org/money
Associated Press nonprofit co-op · site runs ads · Reuters runs ads · Yahoo Finance runs ads · CNBC runs ads
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