US
Macro Benchmarks

The rate that rules them all — Fed's overnight rate setting the price of money globally.

Factory sector health check — above 50 means expansion, a leading indicator traders watch obsessively.

Services economy pulse — 80% of US GDP in a single survey, from healthcare to tech to restaurants.

American dream cost gauge — the rate that makes or breaks US housing affordability and sales.

Private payrolls preview — Wednesday preview of Friday's NFP, moving markets 48 hours early.

Housing pipeline indicator — permits today become construction jobs and home sales in 6-12 months.

Factory utilization rate — inflation pressure gauge showing how close production is to maximum.

Household spending mood — Conference Board survey predicting retail sales and GDP growth direction.

America's headline inflation — the monthly report that can swing stocks, bonds and the dollar in seconds.

Michigan survey of household financial optimism — inflation expectations component moves bond markets.

Fed's sticky inflation gauge — food and energy stripped out, revealing structural price trends.

The Fed's preferred inflation measure — the single number most likely to determine rate decisions.

Business investment intentions — capital goods orders revealing corporate confidence in future growth.

Largest US real estate market segment — inventory levels, mortgage rate sensitivity and wealth effect.

The definitive measure of America's economic output — the number against which all other data is judged.

New construction activity — lumber demand, construction jobs and residential real estate cycle signal.

Factory output gauge — manufacturing, mining and utilities production reflecting real economic activity.

Weekly labor market early warning — the highest-frequency recession indicator, reported every Thursday.

Composite recession predictor — 10 economic indicators blended into one forward-looking signal.

Monetary liquidity measure — cash, checking and savings quantifying Fed balance sheet's real economy impact.

Freshly built home demand — builder confidence, mortgage rates and suburban migration trends.

The king of economic data — first Friday every month, one number that can reset market narratives.

Household earnings power — wages, dividends and transfers fueling the consumer spending engine.

Consumer spending runway — low savings means spending now, high savings means spending later.

Upstream inflation pipeline — producer prices today become consumer prices tomorrow.

American consumer spending in real time — 70% of GDP depends on what this number says.

America's import-export gap — dollar strength, trade policy and global supply chain positioning.

The Fed's dual mandate scorecard — full employment target that shapes rate cut and hike timing.