US Macro Dashboard

The numbers that move the whole market — inflation, the Fed's policy rate, jobs and the Treasury yield curve — in one place, charted from official government data. When stocks fall broadly and no company news explains it, the reason is usually on this page.

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Market regime — where the market stands

Index valuation ratios say little about the next year (CAPE explains ~5% of one-year returns, ~30% of ten-year). These gauges describe the market's state: each against its own history, with the long-run median as the dashed line — above it or below it is what "high" and "low" mean here. Descriptions of conditions, not instructions.

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Inflation — CPI vs Core PCE, year over year

Core PCE is the measure the Federal Reserve targets at 2%. CPI is the headline number that makes the news.

Fed funds rate

The Federal Reserve's policy rate — the price of money.

Nonfarm payrolls — monthly change

Jobs added per month, thousands. The first Friday number.

Unemployment rate

U-3 headline unemployment, %.

TCF VI30 / VI90 — expected volatility

Model-based expected volatility of the S&P 500 for the next month (VI30) and quarter (VI90), from our own price history. VI30 above VI90 = near-term stress.

Treasury yield curve

Today's yields by maturity. Downward slope = inversion.

10Y − 2Y spread

Below zero = inverted curve, the classic recession signal.