U.S. Economy
Weekly Economic Index
The Weekly Economic Index (WEI) provides a signal of the state of the U.S. economy based on data available at a daily or weekly frequency. It represents the common component of 10 different daily and weekly series covering consumer behavior, the labor market and production. It is updated Thursday at or shortly after 10:30 a.m. CT, using data available up to 8 a.m. CT.
NOTE: When federal holidays occur on a publishing date and change the release schedule for the underlying data, the report is published on the Wednesday before the holiday.
NOTE: When federal holidays occur on a publishing date and change the release schedule for the underlying data, the report is published on the Wednesday before the holiday.
October 2, 2025: Update
- The WEI is currently 2.40 percent, scaled to four-quarter GDP growth, for the week ended Sept. 27 and 2.07 percent for Sept. 20. The 13-week moving average is 2.42 percent. This is compared with 2.08 percent four-quarter GDP growth through second quarter 2025. Initial claims for unemployment insurance are missing for the week ended Sept. 27, and continuing claims for unemployment insurance are missing for the week ended Sept. 20. These values are imputed from the non-missing data and will be replaced with the actual data when it is available.
WEI Authors
The WEI was developed by Daniel J. Lewis, a former economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Karel Mertens, senior economic policy advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas; and James H. Stock, professor of economics at Harvard University.
Contact Information
For any data-related questions, please contact:
Tyler Atkinson: tyler.atkinson@dal.frb.org
Isaiah Spellman: isaiah.spellman@dal.frb.org