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Unemployment Rate, CPI Inflation, GDP Growth Rate
Unemployment Rate 1 | 3.8% [Aug 2023] |
CPI Change % YOY 2 | 3.7% [Aug 2023] |
GDP Growth Rate % YOY 3 | +2.1% [Q2 2023 (2nd est.)] |
1 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Unemployment Rate [UNRATE], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UNRATE
2 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), not seasonally adjusted. https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CUUR0000SA0&output_view=pct_12mths
3 U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Gross Domestic Product. https://www.bea.gov/data/gdp/gross-domestic-product
Mortgage Rates Today
See below for the live mortgage interest rates today in the United States.
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What Happened in The Stock Market Today?
Let’s take a quick look at what happened in the stock market today around the world.
US Stock Market Today
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Volatility Index
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International Stock Market Today
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Bond Market Today
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Which Stocks Went Up Today?
Criteria for the list:
- % Change in Price (Intraday): greater than 5%
- Region: United States
- Volume (Intraday): greater than 1,000,000
- Market Cap (Intraday): Large Cap and Mega Cap
Which Stocks Went Down Today?
Criteria for the list:
- % Change in Price (Intraday):less than -5%
- Region: United States
- Volume (Intraday): greater than 1,000,000
- Market Cap (Intraday): Large Cap and Mega Cap
Mortgage Rates Today
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