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THE BIG PICTURE

Economy at a glance.

The signals that matter. The context to understand them.

U.S. + global
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Hourly checks · includes 7:00 AM Mountain

Latest published data, checked hourly. The date on a figure is the period it measures. Monthly, quarterly and annual releases arrive at different times.

Curious what a number means? Hover over a question mark, focus it with Tab, or tap it for an explanation.
Connecting the dots…
FOLLOW THE TREND

The inflation picture

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Reading this chart 1Y–10Y Real / year over year
Source: FRED
CONNECTING THE DOTS

Behind the numbers.

A quick read on the latest U.S. releases.

Different indicators move on different clocks. Each figure shows its observation period.
A WIDER LENS

The global perspective.

Latest published annual observations for each economy. These are historical measurements, not current-month readings.

World Bank · latest annual releases
8 economies. One perspective.
EconomyGDP growthAnnual trend Latest year Source

An earlier year can still be the latest published annual observation. Annual data is released with a lag; the latest year may differ by economy. Unemployment uses modeled ILO estimates. World Bank data ↗
GO A LITTLE DEEPER

The indicator library.

Explore the moving parts of the U.S. economy.

What do the arrows mean? Units: %, k, m, B, T, bp

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TRANSPARENT BY DESIGN

Good context starts
with good sources.

Widemind brings together official economic statistics in one place. Every indicator links to its original series, with the observation period and the latest successful retrieval shown separately.

U.S. economic indicators

Data is retrieved from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED), which aggregates releases from the BEA, BLS, Census Bureau, Federal Reserve, EIA and other public agencies. Original providers are identified in each indicator.

Global comparisons

The World Bank’s World Development Indicators provide annual GDP growth, consumer inflation and modeled ILO unemployment. These data are available under CC BY 4.0. Figures are historical observations, not forecasts. Annual global GDP growth is not directly comparable to annualized quarterly U.S. GDP growth.

How to read the charts

Inflation and growth rates derived from indexes use the same calendar month a year earlier. Jobs added is the month-to-month change in payrolls. Changes in percentage rates are shown in percentage points (pp), not percent. Treasury spreads are shown in basis points (bp). Missing observations are omitted, never replaced with zero. Lines connect available observations. Each chart’s vertical scale adapts to its data; compare levels using the axis labels.

Freshness & revisions

Sources are checked every hour, including 7:00 a.m. Mountain Time (America/Denver), with daylight-saving changes handled automatically. Open pages reload the saved results every 15 minutes. New source releases can appear between checks.

“Sources checked” means the source was retrieved, not that a new release appeared. Daily series may pause over weekends and holidays, and FRED can receive an agency’s release later than its initial publication. Monthly, quarterly and annual series retain their latest released observations. Global figures use the newest non-empty value published by the World Bank for each economy; these may still be from an earlier year. If a source fails, the last successful data stays visible with a warning; existing history can change when agencies revise data.

What is included

This is a curated view of 27 U.S. indicators and eight global economies. It is not an exhaustive database or a real-time trading feed. Charts and CSV exports use the transformed units described on each indicator.