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Weekly Economic Index (Lewis-Mertens-Stock)

Latest value: 3.05% for Oct 10, 2026, +0.53 pp from a year earlier (against Oct 11, 2025). 563 weekly observations from Jan 2, 2016 to Oct 10, 2026, in percent. Source: FRED (FRED route); context series, not an input to the Nowflation CPI Gauge.

Latest observations

PeriodValue
Oct 10, 20263.05%
Oct 3, 20262.68%
Sep 26, 20262.97%
Sep 19, 20263.02%
Sep 12, 20263.05%
Sep 5, 20263.76%
Aug 29, 20263.05%
Aug 22, 20262.86%
Aug 15, 20262.61%
Aug 8, 20262.73%
Aug 1, 20262.73%
Jul 25, 20262.44%

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