Data
The numbers behind the news. Official data, dated and open to explore.
Commodities and Energy
- Brent crude$107.03 a barrelThe global oil benchmark, which feeds into UK petrol prices and inflation.
- WTI crude$99.64 a barrelThe main US oil benchmark, and its gap with Brent shows regional supply pressure.
- Henry Hub natural gas$2.63 per MMBtuThe US gas benchmark, useful for comparing American energy costs with Europe.
- GB average system price£203.98 per MWhThe price used to settle power imbalances, a daily read on how tight the grid is.
- GB power mix29% wind and solar Shows what powers Britain, and how fast it is moving away from fossil fuels.
Fixed Income
- Bank Rate4% The Bank of England's main interest rate, which shapes mortgages, savings and loans.
- 5-year gilt yield4.78% Moves with expected interest rates and feeds through to fixed rate mortgages.
- 10-year gilt yield5.14% The benchmark cost of UK government borrowing over the long term.
- 20-year gilt yield5.45% The price of very long term borrowing, which matters most to pension funds.
- US Treasury 2-year4.46% Moves closely with expectations for Federal Reserve interest rate decisions.
- US Treasury 10-year4.84% The world's benchmark yield, which influences borrowing costs in most markets.
- US Treasury 30-year5.25% Reflects long term views on US growth, inflation and government debt.
- US 10-year minus 2-year0.35 pointsWhen this gap turns negative, a US recession has often followed.
- US 10-year breakeven inflation2.23% Shows the inflation rate markets expect in the US over the next ten years.
- Federal funds rate3.88% The main US interest rate, which sets the tone for global borrowing costs.
- UK long-term yield5.24% A long run series for comparing UK borrowing costs across decades.
- German long-term yield3.47% The euro area's benchmark, so its gap with gilts shows how markets price UK risk.
Macroeconomics
United Kingdom
- UK CPI annual rate3.5% The headline UK inflation rate, which the Bank of England aims to hold at 2%.
- UK CPI index144.1 2015 = 100The price level itself, useful for measuring how far prices have risen over time.
- UK CPIH annual rate3.6% Adds owner occupiers' housing costs and council tax, which CPI leaves out.
- UK RPI annual rate3.9% An older measure still used for index linked gilts and some student loans.
- UK unemployment4.7% Shows how much slack the jobs market has, which feeds into pay and interest rates.
- UK quarterly GDP growth0.5% The broadest measure of whether the UK economy is growing or shrinking.
- Average weekly earnings growth3.7% Shows whether pay is beating inflation, and how much wage pressure firms face.
- Pound against dollar$1.3385 per £1A weaker pound raises the cost of imports priced in dollars, such as oil.
- Pound against euro€1.1988 per £1The EU is the UK's largest trading partner, so this rate affects trade and travel.
United States
- US unemployment4.1% Jobs are half of the Federal Reserve's mandate, so this shapes US rate decisions.
- US CPI annual rate3.74% US inflation guides the Federal Reserve, whose decisions move markets worldwide.
- US core CPI annual rate2.56% Removes food and energy to show the underlying pace of US consumer price rises.
- US PCE inflation3.65% The broad consumer price measure used for the Federal Reserve inflation target.
- US core PCE inflation3.12% Excludes food and energy to help track persistent US inflation pressure.
- US GDP growth3.4% Shows real US output growth at an annualised quarterly rate.
- US payrolls monthly change165 thousand jobsThe monthly change in jobs shows how quickly US employers are hiring.
- US hourly earnings annual growth3.12% Hourly pay growth helps track household income and wage pressure on firms.
- US retail sales annual growth6.29% Sales growth tracks consumer demand in cash terms before adjusting for inflation.
- US industrial production annual growth2.25% Tracks changes in real output from US factories, mines and utilities.
- US jobless claims189,000 claimsWeekly new unemployment claims give an early signal of labour market weakness.
World
- UK annual inflation3.88% The World Bank's figure for the UK, for comparing with other countries.
- US annual inflation2.95% Puts US inflation on the same basis as other countries for a fair comparison.
- Germany annual inflation2.17% Germany is Europe's largest economy, so its prices set the tone for the euro area.
- France annual inflation0.94% Shows how inflation can differ inside the euro area under one interest rate.
- Japan annual inflation3.17% Japan spent decades with very low inflation, which makes it a useful contrast.
- China annual inflation0.06% China's prices affect the cost of goods sold around the world.
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Figures are fetched twice daily and saved with the site. Dates refer to observations, not live prices. Changes compare the previous available reading. Daily history covers ten years; monthly, quarterly and annual series retain all available history. Annual US price and growth rates are calculated as 100 × (index / index twelve months earlier minus 1). CPI, core CPI and six basket categories use indices without seasonal adjustment. Services and commodities use seasonally adjusted indices, as do PCE, earnings, retail sales and industrial production. Payrolls show the monthly change in thousands of jobs. GDP is the published annualised quarterly growth rate. Jobless claims are seasonally adjusted weekly initial claims. RPI is a legacy measure and is not an accredited official statistic.
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