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Figure 1.

A. Headline Inflation
12-month percent change

Date Canada Euro area Japan U.K. U.S.
1/1/2015 1.0 -0.6 2.4 0.3 0.2
2/1/2015 1.0 -0.2 2.2 0.1 0.3
3/1/2015 1.3 0.0 2.4 0.0 0.3
4/1/2015 0.6 0.2 0.7 -0.1 0.2
5/1/2015 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.2
6/1/2015 1.1 0.5 0.4 -0.1 0.3
7/1/2015 1.4 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.2
8/1/2015 1.3 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.3
9/1/2015 1.0 0.2 0.1 -0.1 0.1
10/1/2015 1.0 0.4 0.2 -0.1 0.1
11/1/2015 1.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2
12/1/2015 1.5 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.3
1/1/2016 1.9 0.4 -0.1 0.3 0.8
2/1/2016 1.4 -0.1 0.2 0.3 0.6
3/1/2016 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.6
4/1/2016 1.7 -0.3 -0.2 0.3 0.9
5/1/2016 1.6 -0.1 -0.5 0.3 0.8
6/1/2016 1.4 0.0 -0.3 0.5 0.8
7/1/2016 1.1 0.1 -0.4 0.5 0.8
8/1/2016 1.2 0.2 -0.5 0.6 0.9
9/1/2016 1.4 0.4 -0.5 1.0 1.2
10/1/2016 1.5 0.5 0.2 0.9 1.5
11/1/2016 1.3 0.6 0.4 1.1 1.4
12/1/2016 1.5 1.1 0.2 1.6 1.7
1/1/2017 2.0 1.7 0.4 1.8 2.0
2/1/2017 2.0 2.0 0.2 2.3 2.3
3/1/2017 1.6 1.6 0.2 2.3 2.0
4/1/2017 1.7 1.9 0.4 2.7 1.9
5/1/2017 1.2 1.4 0.5 2.9 1.7
6/1/2017 1.0 1.3 0.4 2.6 1.6
7/1/2017 1.2 1.3 0.5 2.6 1.6
8/1/2017 1.4 1.5 0.6 2.8 1.6
9/1/2017 1.5 1.6 0.8 2.9 1.9
10/1/2017 1.4 1.4 0.2 3.0 1.8
11/1/2017 2.2 1.6 0.5 3.1 1.9
12/1/2017 1.9 1.4 1.1 3.0 1.9
1/1/2018 1.7 1.3 1.3 3.0 1.9
2/1/2018 2.1 1.1 1.4 2.7 1.9
3/1/2018 2.3 1.4 1.0 2.5 2.1
4/1/2018 2.1 1.2 0.6 2.4 2.1
5/1/2018 2.3 2.0 0.7 2.4 2.3
6/1/2018 2.5 2.0 0.7 2.4 2.4
7/1/2018 2.8 2.2 0.9 2.5 2.4
8/1/2018 2.7 2.1 1.3 2.7 2.3
9/1/2018 2.4 2.1 1.2 2.4 2.1
10/1/2018 2.5 2.3 1.4 2.4 2.1
11/1/2018 1.7 1.9 0.8 2.3 2.0
12/1/2018 1.9 1.6 0.2 2.1 1.9
1/1/2019 1.5 1.3 0.1 1.8 1.5
2/1/2019 1.6 1.4 0.2 1.9 1.4
3/1/2019 1.9 1.4 0.5 1.9 1.5
4/1/2019 2.1 1.7 0.9 2.1 1.7
5/1/2019 2.3 1.2 0.7 2.0 1.5
6/1/2019 2.1 1.3 0.8 2.0 1.5
7/1/2019 2.0 1.0 0.5 2.0 1.5
8/1/2019 1.9 1.0 0.2 1.8 1.5
9/1/2019 1.9 0.9 0.2 1.7 1.4
10/1/2019 1.9 0.7 0.2 1.4 1.4
11/1/2019 2.1 1.0 0.6 1.4 1.4
12/1/2019 2.2 1.4 0.9 1.3 1.6
1/1/2020 2.4 1.3 0.8 1.8 1.8
2/1/2020 2.2 1.2 0.5 1.8 1.8
3/1/2020 0.8 0.7 0.6 1.6 1.3
4/1/2020 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.8 0.4
5/1/2020 -0.4 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.5
6/1/2020 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.6 0.7
7/1/2020 0.1 0.4 0.2 1.0 0.9
8/1/2020 0.3 -0.2 0.1 0.3 1.2
9/1/2020 0.6 -0.3 -0.2 0.6 1.3
10/1/2020 0.6 -0.3 -0.6 0.7 1.1
11/1/2020 0.9 -0.3 -1.0 0.3 1.1
12/1/2020 0.9 -0.2 -1.1 0.6 1.3
1/1/2021 1.1 0.9 -0.7 0.7 1.5
2/1/2021 1.1 0.9 -0.5 0.5 1.7
3/1/2021 2.2 1.3 -0.4 0.8 2.5
4/1/2021 3.3 1.6 -1.1 1.5 3.6
5/1/2021 3.6 2.0 -0.8 2.1 4.0
6/1/2021 3.1 1.9 -0.5 2.5 4.3
7/1/2021 3.7 2.2 -0.3 2.0 4.4
8/1/2021 4.2 3.0 -0.4 3.2 4.5
9/1/2021 4.4 3.4 0.2 3.1 4.7
10/1/2021 4.7 4.1 0.1 4.2 5.2
11/1/2021 4.7 4.8 0.7 5.1 5.9
12/1/2021 4.8 5.0 0.8 5.4 6.0
1/1/2022 5.1 5.1 0.5 5.5 6.1
2/1/2022 5.7 5.8 1.0 6.2 6.4
3/1/2022 6.7 7.4 1.2 7.1 6.8
4/1/2022 6.9 7.4 2.4 9.0 6.4
5/1/2022 7.8 8.1 2.5 9.0 6.5
6/1/2022 8.1 8.7 2.4 9.4 7.0
7/1/2022 7.6 8.9 2.6 10.1 6.4
8/1/2022 6.9 9.2 3.0 9.9 6.3
9/1/2022 6.8 10.0 3.0 10.1 6.3
10/1/2022 6.9 10.6 3.8 11.0 6.1
11/1/2022 6.8 10.0 3.8 10.7 5.7
12/1/2022 6.3 9.2 4.0 10.5 5.3
1/1/2023 5.9 8.6 4.4 10.1 5.4
2/1/2023 5.3 8.5 3.3 10.4 5.0
3/1/2023 4.5 6.9 3.2 10.1 4.2
4/1/2023 4.3 7.0 3.4 8.7 4.3
5/1/2023 3.2 6.1 3.2 8.7 3.8
6/1/2023 2.9 5.5 3.2 7.9 3.0
7/1/2023 3.3 5.3 3.2 6.8 ND

Note: The data are monthly and extend through July 2023. U.S. data are total PCE inflation and the data point for July 2023 is an estimate based on consumer price index and producer price index data. The shaded bar indicates a period of business recession as defined by the National Bureau of Economic Research: February 2020-April 2020. PCE is personal consumption expenditures.

Source: Haver Analytics; Bureau of Economic Analysis, PCE, via Haver Analytics.

B. Core PCE Inflation

Percent change

Date 12-Month 6-Month 3-Month
1/1/2015 1.4 0.9 0.7
2/1/2015 1.4 1 0.7
3/1/2015 1.4 1.1 0.9
4/1/2015 1.3 1.2 1.7
5/1/2015 1.3 1.2 1.8
6/1/2015 1.3 1.3 1.7
7/1/2015 1.2 1.5 1.3
8/1/2015 1.2 1.5 1.1
9/1/2015 1.2 1.4 1.2
10/1/2015 1.2 1.1 0.9
11/1/2015 1.2 1.1 1
12/1/2015 1.1 1 0.7
1/1/2016 1.3 1.2 1.4
2/1/2016 1.4 1.3 1.6
3/1/2016 1.4 1.4 2
4/1/2016 1.5 1.8 2.2
5/1/2016 1.5 1.9 2.2
6/1/2016 1.5 2 2.1
7/1/2016 1.6 2 1.8
8/1/2016 1.7 2.1 1.9
9/1/2016 1.7 2 1.9
10/1/2016 1.8 1.8 1.8
11/1/2016 1.8 1.6 1.3
12/1/2016 1.8 1.6 1.3
1/1/2017 1.9 1.8 1.8
2/1/2017 1.9 1.8 2.4
3/1/2017 1.7 1.5 1.6
4/1/2017 1.7 1.7 1.6
5/1/2017 1.7 1.7 1.1
6/1/2017 1.7 1.8 1.9
7/1/2017 1.6 1.4 1.2
8/1/2017 1.5 1.2 1.3
9/1/2017 1.5 1.6 1.3
10/1/2017 1.7 1.6 2.1
11/1/2017 1.7 1.6 1.9
12/1/2017 1.7 1.6 2
1/1/2018 1.7 2.1 2.2
2/1/2018 1.8 2.3 2.7
3/1/2018 2 2.5 3.1
4/1/2018 2 2.3 2.5
5/1/2018 2.1 2.5 2.4
6/1/2018 2 2.5 1.9
7/1/2018 2.1 2.1 1.7
8/1/2018 2 1.7 1.1
9/1/2018 2.1 1.7 1.5
10/1/2018 2 1.6 1.5
11/1/2018 2.1 1.6 2.1
12/1/2018 2.1 1.7 1.9
1/1/2019 1.9 1.7 1.9
2/1/2019 1.7 1.8 1.4
3/1/2019 1.6 1.6 1.2
4/1/2019 1.7 1.9 1.9
5/1/2019 1.7 1.7 2.1
6/1/2019 1.8 1.8 2.4
7/1/2019 1.8 1.8 1.8
8/1/2019 1.8 1.9 1.8
9/1/2019 1.7 1.8 1.2
10/1/2019 1.7 1.5 1.2
11/1/2019 1.5 1.3 0.9
12/1/2019 1.6 1.4 1.6
1/1/2020 1.7 1.5 1.8
2/1/2020 1.8 1.7 2.4
3/1/2020 1.6 1.4 1.3
4/1/2020 0.9 0.3 -1.2
5/1/2020 0.9 0.5 -1.4
6/1/2020 0.9 0.5 -0.3
7/1/2020 1.1 0.7 2.7
8/1/2020 1.3 1 3.5
9/1/2020 1.5 1.5 3.3
10/1/2020 1.4 2.4 2.1
11/1/2020 1.4 2.2 0.9
12/1/2020 1.5 2.4 1.6
1/1/2021 1.6 2.4 2.7
2/1/2021 1.6 2.1 3.3
3/1/2021 2 2.6 3.7
4/1/2021 3.1 3.8 5
5/1/2021 3.5 4.9 6.5
6/1/2021 3.8 5.2 6.7
7/1/2021 3.9 5.3 5.7
8/1/2021 3.9 5.7 4.9
9/1/2021 3.9 5.2 3.8
10/1/2021 4.3 4.8 3.9
11/1/2021 4.8 4.8 4.6
12/1/2021 5 4.9 6
1/1/2022 5.2 5.1 6.3
2/1/2022 5.4 5.2 5.7
3/1/2022 5.4 5.5 4.9
4/1/2022 5 5.3 4.3
5/1/2022 4.9 5 4.3
6/1/2022 5 5.2 5.4
7/1/2022 4.7 4.3 4.4
8/1/2022 4.9 4.7 5.1
9/1/2022 5.2 4.9 4.5
10/1/2022 5.1 4.9 5.4
11/1/2022 4.8 4.6 4.1
12/1/2022 4.6 4.1 3.7
1/1/2023 4.7 5 4.6
2/1/2023 4.7 4.6 5.1
3/1/2023 4.6 4.3 4.9
4/1/2023 4.7 4.4 4.1
5/1/2023 4.6 4.6 4
6/1/2023 4.1 4.2 3.4
7/1/2023 4.3 3.5 2.9

Note: The data are monthly and extend through July 2023. The data for July 2023 are estimates based on consumer price index and producer price index data. PCE is personal consumption expenditures. The shaded bar indicates a period of business recession as defined by the National Bureau of Economic Research: February 2020-April 2020.

Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, PCE, via Haver Analytics.

Figure 2. Price Indexes for Core PCE Goods and Services

12-month percent change

Date Housing services Services ex housing and energy Goods ex food and energy
1/1/2015 2.9 1.9 -0.9
2/1/2015 2.9 1.9 -0.7
3/1/2015 2.9 1.8 -0.6
4/1/2015 3 1.7 -0.6
5/1/2015 3 1.6 -0.6
6/1/2015 3.1 1.7 -0.8
7/1/2015 3.1 1.5 -1
8/1/2015 3.2 1.6 -0.9
9/1/2015 3.2 1.5 -0.8
10/1/2015 3.2 1.5 -1
11/1/2015 3.2 1.4 -0.8
12/1/2015 3.2 1.3 -0.8
1/1/2016 3.2 1.6 -0.6
2/1/2016 3.2 1.7 -0.6
3/1/2016 3.2 1.8 -0.8
4/1/2016 3.2 1.9 -0.7
5/1/2016 3.3 2 -0.8
6/1/2016 3.3 2 -0.9
7/1/2016 3.3 2.1 -0.9
8/1/2016 3.3 2.2 -0.6
9/1/2016 3.4 2.2 -0.6
10/1/2016 3.5 2.3 -0.5
11/1/2016 3.6 2.4 -0.9
12/1/2016 3.6 2.4 -0.8
1/1/2017 3.6 2.4 -0.5
2/1/2017 3.6 2.5 -0.5
3/1/2017 3.6 2.2 -0.5
4/1/2017 3.5 2.3 -0.9
5/1/2017 3.4 2.3 -0.9
6/1/2017 3.4 2.2 -0.7
7/1/2017 3.4 2 -0.6
8/1/2017 3.5 2 -0.8
9/1/2017 3.4 2.2 -1.2
10/1/2017 3.4 2.3 -1
11/1/2017 3.3 2.3 -0.8
12/1/2017 3.4 2.3 -0.9
1/1/2018 3.4 2.3 -0.8
2/1/2018 3.3 2.4 -0.8
3/1/2018 3.4 2.8 -0.7
4/1/2018 3.5 2.5 -0.4
5/1/2018 3.5 2.6 -0.1
6/1/2018 3.4 2.7 -0.4
7/1/2018 3.5 2.8 -0.5
8/1/2018 3.4 2.8 -0.7
9/1/2018 3.4 2.8 -0.5
10/1/2018 3.3 2.6 -0.6
11/1/2018 3.4 2.7 -0.3
12/1/2018 3.3 2.8 -0.5
1/1/2019 3.3 2.4 -0.4
2/1/2019 3.4 2.3 -0.6
3/1/2019 3.4 2.1 -0.8
4/1/2019 3.4 2.4 -0.9
5/1/2019 3.4 2.2 -0.9
6/1/2019 3.5 2.2 -0.5
7/1/2019 3.5 2.2 -0.5
8/1/2019 3.4 2.2 -0.1
9/1/2019 3.5 2 -0.3
10/1/2019 3.4 2 -0.3
11/1/2019 3.4 1.9 -0.5
12/1/2019 3.4 1.9 -0.4
1/1/2020 3.5 2.2 -0.8
2/1/2020 3.4 2.3 -0.4
3/1/2020 3.3 2.1 -0.6
4/1/2020 3.2 1.1 -1.2
5/1/2020 3.2 1.3 -1.5
6/1/2020 2.9 1.4 -1.6
7/1/2020 2.9 1.5 -0.9
8/1/2020 2.8 1.6 -0.3
9/1/2020 2.6 1.9 -0.3
10/1/2020 2.6 1.8 -0.5
11/1/2020 2.3 1.7 -0.2
12/1/2020 2.2 1.9 0
1/1/2021 2 2 0.3
2/1/2021 2 2.1 0
3/1/2021 2 2.8 0.5
4/1/2021 2 3.9 2.4
5/1/2021 2 4 3.6
6/1/2021 2.2 4.1 4.2
7/1/2021 2.3 4.3 4
8/1/2021 2.5 4.3 3.9
9/1/2021 2.8 4.2 4.1
10/1/2021 3 4.3 5.1
11/1/2021 3.4 4.9 5.5
12/1/2021 3.7 4.9 6.1
1/1/2022 4 4.8 6.8
2/1/2022 4.3 4.7 7.6
3/1/2022 4.5 4.6 7.4
4/1/2022 4.8 4.5 6.3
5/1/2022 5.1 4.4 5.7
6/1/2022 5.6 4.5 5.7
7/1/2022 6 3.9 5.5
8/1/2022 6.4 4.2 5.6
9/1/2022 6.8 4.5 5.7
10/1/2022 7.1 4.7 4.8
11/1/2022 7.3 4.4 4.1
12/1/2022 7.7 4.3 3.4
1/1/2023 8 4.6 2.8
2/1/2023 8.2 4.7 2.3
3/1/2023 8.3 4.5 2.5
4/1/2023 8.4 4.6 2.6
5/1/2023 8.3 4.5 2.5
6/1/2023 8 4.2 1.7
7/1/2023 7.8 4.7 1.1

Note: The data are monthly and extend through July 2023. The data for July 2023 are estimates based on consumer price index and producer price index data. PCE is personal consumption expenditures. The shaded bar indicates a period of business recession as defined by the National Bureau of Economic Research: February 2020-April 2020.

Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, PCE, via Haver Analytics.

Figure 3. Rental Prices

12-month percent change

Date PCE housing Zillow CoreLogic
1/1/2019 3.3 4.2 3.6
2/1/2019 3.4 4.1 3.4
3/1/2019 3.4 4.1 3.4
4/1/2019 3.4 4.1 3.1
5/1/2019 3.4 4.1 3.1
6/1/2019 3.5 4.2 3
7/1/2019 3.5 4.2 3.1
8/1/2019 3.4 4.2 3.1
9/1/2019 3.5 4.2 3.1
10/1/2019 3.4 4.2 3
11/1/2019 3.4 4.1 3
12/1/2019 3.4 4 2.9
1/1/2020 3.5 4 3
2/1/2020 3.4 4.2 3.1
3/1/2020 3.3 4 3
4/1/2020 3.2 3.3 2.5
5/1/2020 3.2 2.4 1.9
6/1/2020 2.9 1.8 1.9
7/1/2020 2.9 1.7 2.5
8/1/2020 2.8 1.6 3.2
9/1/2020 2.6 1.4 4
10/1/2020 2.6 1.4 5.1
11/1/2020 2.3 1.5 6
12/1/2020 2.2 1.6 6.7
1/1/2021 2 1.6 6.8
2/1/2021 2 1.6 7.1
3/1/2021 2 2 7.6
4/1/2021 2 3.4 8.8
5/1/2021 2 5.4 10.1
6/1/2021 2.2 7.5 11.2
7/1/2021 2.3 9.3 11.8
8/1/2021 2.5 11.2 12.3
9/1/2021 2.8 13 12.6
10/1/2021 3 14.2 12.8
11/1/2021 3.4 14.8 12.6
12/1/2021 3.7 15.3 12.6
1/1/2022 4 15.7 12.9
2/1/2022 4.3 16.2 13.4
3/1/2022 4.5 16.1 13.5
4/1/2022 4.8 15.9 13.5
5/1/2022 5.1 15.3 13.2
6/1/2022 5.6 14.5 12.4
7/1/2022 6 13.4 11.6
8/1/2022 6.4 12.1 10.4
9/1/2022 6.8 10.8 9.1
10/1/2022 7.1 9.7 7.4
11/1/2022 7.3 8.8 6.4
12/1/2022 7.7 8 5.3
1/1/2023 8 7.3 4.5
2/1/2023 8.2 6.6 3.6
3/1/2023 8.3 6 3.1
4/1/2023 8.4 5.4 2.5
5/1/2023 8.3 4.8 2.5
6/1/2023 8 4.1 ND
7/1/2023 7.8 3.6 ND

Note: The data are monthly and extend, for CoreLogic, through May 2023 and, for PCE and Zillow, through July 2023. For PCE, the data point for July 2023 is an estimate based on consumer price index and producer price index data. PCE is personal consumption expenditures. The shaded bar indicates a period of business recession as defined by the National Bureau of Economic Research: February 2020-April 2020.

Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, PCE, via Haver Analytics; CoreLogic, Inc.; Zillow, Inc.

Figure 4.

A. Industrial Production
12-month percent change

Date Industrial production
1/1/2015 2.8
2/1/2015 1.4
3/1/2015 0
4/1/2015 -0.6
5/1/2015 -1.4
6/1/2015 -2.1
7/1/2015 -1.7
8/1/2015 -1.7
9/1/2015 -2.3
10/1/2015 -2.7
11/1/2015 -4.1
12/1/2015 -4.5
1/1/2016 -3.3
2/1/2016 -3.2
3/1/2016 -3.6
4/1/2016 -2.7
5/1/2016 -2.5
6/1/2016 -1.7
7/1/2016 -2.2
8/1/2016 -2.2
9/1/2016 -2
10/1/2016 -1.5
11/1/2016 -1.1
12/1/2016 0.1
1/1/2017 -0.7
2/1/2017 -0.5
3/1/2017 0.9
4/1/2017 1.6
5/1/2017 1.9
6/1/2017 1.6
7/1/2017 1.3
8/1/2017 0.9
9/1/2017 1.1
10/1/2017 2.3
11/1/2017 3
12/1/2017 2.5
1/1/2018 2.6
2/1/2018 3.4
3/1/2018 3.2
4/1/2018 3.3
5/1/2018 2.3
6/1/2018 2.9
7/1/2018 3.2
8/1/2018 4.4
9/1/2018 4.4
10/1/2018 2.9
11/1/2018 2.7
12/1/2018 2.5
1/1/2019 2
2/1/2019 1
3/1/2019 0.6
4/1/2019 -1.1
5/1/2019 0
6/1/2019 -0.7
7/1/2019 -1.3
8/1/2019 -1.3
9/1/2019 -1.5
10/1/2019 -2.2
11/1/2019 -1.8
12/1/2019 -2
1/1/2020 -1.9
2/1/2020 -1.2
3/1/2020 -5
4/1/2020 -17.3
5/1/2020 -16.1
6/1/2020 -10.7
7/1/2020 -6.9
8/1/2020 -6.7
9/1/2020 -6.5
10/1/2020 -5.1
11/1/2020 -5.2
12/1/2020 -3.8
1/1/2021 -2.6
2/1/2021 -6.2
3/1/2021 0.5
4/1/2021 16.2
5/1/2021 15.3
6/1/2021 8.7
7/1/2021 5.4
8/1/2021 4.4
9/1/2021 3.4
10/1/2021 4
11/1/2021 4.5
12/1/2021 3
1/1/2022 2.3
2/1/2022 6.6
3/1/2022 4.4
4/1/2022 4.6
5/1/2022 3.7
6/1/2022 3.2
7/1/2022 3
8/1/2022 3.1
9/1/2022 4.5
10/1/2022 3.1
11/1/2022 1.9
12/1/2022 0.6
1/1/2023 1.5
2/1/2023 0.9
3/1/2023 0.2
4/1/2023 0.3
5/1/2023 0
6/1/2023 -0.8
7/1/2023 -0.2

Note: The data are monthly and extend through July 2023. The shaded bar indicates a period of business recession as defined by the National Bureau of Economic Research: February 2020-April 2020.

Source: Federal Reserve Board, Statistical Release G.17, "Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization."

B. Private Residential Investment

4-quarter percent change

Date Private residential investment
3/1/2015 13.7
6/1/2015 13.2
9/1/2015 13.6
12/1/2015 12.1
3/1/2016 13.1
6/1/2016 11.4
9/1/2016 8.5
12/1/2016 8.7
3/1/2017 8.3
6/1/2017 9
9/1/2017 8.8
12/1/2017 8.7
3/1/2018 6.1
6/1/2018 6.9
9/1/2018 5.7
12/1/2018 1.5
3/1/2019 0.7
6/1/2019 0
9/1/2019 2.2
12/1/2019 4.5
3/1/2020 9.4
6/1/2020 -0.9
9/1/2020 12.3
12/1/2020 22
3/1/2021 23.4
6/1/2021 36.6
9/1/2021 20.9
12/1/2021 13.6
3/1/2022 11.1
6/1/2022 7
9/1/2022 -1.2
12/1/2022 -9.3
3/1/2023 -13.9
6/1/2023 -13.8

Note: The data are quarterly and extend through 2023:02. The shaded bar indicates a period of business recession as defined by the National Bureau of Economic Research: February 2020-April 2020.

Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis via Haver Analytics.

Figure 5.

A. Aggregate hours
2007=100

Date Aggregate hours Aggregate hours 2021-2022 trend
1/1/2021 106.5 106.5
2/1/2021 105.8 106.9
3/1/2021 107.3 107.3
4/1/2021 107.5 107.7
5/1/2021 107.9 108.1
6/1/2021 108.1 108.5
7/1/2021 108.8 108.8
8/1/2021 109 109.2
9/1/2021 109.8 109.6
10/1/2021 110.2 110
11/1/2021 111.1 110.4
12/1/2021 111.5 110.7
1/1/2022 111.2 111.1
2/1/2022 112.3 111.5
3/1/2022 112.7 111.9
4/1/2022 112.5 112.3
5/1/2022 112.8 112.7
6/1/2022 113.2 113
7/1/2022 113.6 113.4
8/1/2022 113.5 113.8
9/1/2022 114.2 114.2
10/1/2022 114.4 114.6
11/1/2022 114.3 114.9
12/1/2022 114.2 115.3
1/1/2023 115.1 115.7
2/1/2023 115 116.1
3/1/2023 114.8 116.5
4/1/2023 114.9 116.8
5/1/2023 114.8 117.2
6/1/2023 115.3 117.6
7/1/2023 115.1 118

Note: Data are monthly and end in July 2023. The red dotted line is the 2021-2022 trend.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics.

B. Workweek

Hours per person

Date Workweek
1/1/2015 34.5
2/1/2015 34.6
3/1/2015 34.5
4/1/2015 34.5
5/1/2015 34.5
6/1/2015 34.5
7/1/2015 34.5
8/1/2015 34.6
9/1/2015 34.5
10/1/2015 34.5
11/1/2015 34.5
12/1/2015 34.5
1/1/2016 34.6
2/1/2016 34.4
3/1/2016 34.4
4/1/2016 34.4
5/1/2016 34.4
6/1/2016 34.4
7/1/2016 34.4
8/1/2016 34.3
9/1/2016 34.4
10/1/2016 34.4
11/1/2016 34.3
12/1/2016 34.4
1/1/2017 34.4
2/1/2017 34.3
3/1/2017 34.3
4/1/2017 34.4
5/1/2017 34.4
6/1/2017 34.4
7/1/2017 34.4
8/1/2017 34.4
9/1/2017 34.3
10/1/2017 34.4
11/1/2017 34.5
12/1/2017 34.4
1/1/2018 34.4
2/1/2018 34.5
3/1/2018 34.5
4/1/2018 34.5
5/1/2018 34.5
6/1/2018 34.6
7/1/2018 34.5
8/1/2018 34.5
9/1/2018 34.4
10/1/2018 34.5
11/1/2018 34.4
12/1/2018 34.5
1/1/2019 34.5
2/1/2019 34.4
3/1/2019 34.5
4/1/2019 34.4
5/1/2019 34.4
6/1/2019 34.4
7/1/2019 34.4
8/1/2019 34.4
9/1/2019 34.4
10/1/2019 34.3
11/1/2019 34.3
12/1/2019 34.3
1/1/2020 34.3
2/1/2020 34.4
3/1/2020 34.1
4/1/2020 34.2
5/1/2020 34.7
6/1/2020 34.6
7/1/2020 34.6
8/1/2020 34.7
9/1/2020 34.8
10/1/2020 34.8
11/1/2020 34.8
12/1/2020 34.8
1/1/2021 35
2/1/2021 34.6
3/1/2021 34.9
4/1/2021 34.9
5/1/2021 34.9
6/1/2021 34.8
7/1/2021 34.8
8/1/2021 34.7
9/1/2021 34.8
10/1/2021 34.7
11/1/2021 34.8
12/1/2021 34.8
1/1/2022 34.6
2/1/2022 34.7
3/1/2022 34.7
4/1/2022 34.6
5/1/2022 34.6
6/1/2022 34.6
7/1/2022 34.6
8/1/2022 34.5
9/1/2022 34.6
10/1/2022 34.6
11/1/2022 34.5
12/1/2022 34.4
1/1/2023 34.6
2/1/2023 34.5
3/1/2023 34.4
4/1/2023 34.4
5/1/2023 34.3
6/1/2023 34.4
7/1/2023 34.3

Note: Data are monthly and end in July 2023. The gray shaded bar indicates a period of business recession as defined by the National Bureau of Economic Research: February 2020-April 2020.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Figure 6. Wage Growth

12-month percent change

Date AHE ECI Atlanta Wage Growth Tracker Indeed
1/1/2019 3.2   3.8 3.2
2/1/2019 3.6   3.4 3.4
3/1/2019 3.5 2.8 3.5 3.7
4/1/2019 3.1   3.6 3.4
5/1/2019 3.3   3.7 3.3
6/1/2019 3.4 2.6 3.9 3.3
7/1/2019 3.4   3.9 3
8/1/2019 3.4   3.7 3.4
9/1/2019 3.1 2.7 3.6 2.7
10/1/2019 3.2   3.5 2.8
11/1/2019 3.3   3.7 2.7
12/1/2019 2.9 2.7 3.7 2.2
1/1/2020 3   3.8 2.4
2/1/2020 3.1   3.7 2.5
3/1/2020 3.6 2.8 3.5 3.1
4/1/2020 8.1   3.3 3.2
5/1/2020 6.7   3.5 1.9
6/1/2020 5.1 2.7 3.8 1.8
7/1/2020 4.9   3.9 2.4
8/1/2020 4.8   3.5 2.6
9/1/2020 4.8 2.4 3.5 2.9
10/1/2020 4.6   3.5 3.3
11/1/2020 4.6   3.7 3.2
12/1/2020 5.5 2.6 3.4 3.6
1/1/2021 5.2   3.4 4
2/1/2021 5.3   3.4 4.5
3/1/2021 4.3 2.8 3.4 4.3
4/1/2021 0.6   3.2 5
5/1/2021 2.2   3 7.7
6/1/2021 4 3.1 3.2 7.7
7/1/2021 4.3   3.7 8
8/1/2021 4.4   3.9 8.3
9/1/2021 4.9 4.1 4.2 8.6
10/1/2021 5.4   4.1 9.1
11/1/2021 5.4   4.3 9.5
12/1/2021 5 4.4 4.5 9.1
1/1/2022 5.7   5.1 9.3
2/1/2022 5.3   5.8 9
3/1/2022 5.9 4.8 6 9.1
4/1/2022 5.8   6 9
5/1/2022 5.5   6.1 8.3
6/1/2022 5.4 5.5 6.7 8
7/1/2022 5.4   6.7 7.7
8/1/2022 5.4   6.7 7.5
9/1/2022 5.1 5.2 6.3 6.9
10/1/2022 4.9   6.4 6.6
11/1/2022 5   6.4 6.3
12/1/2022 4.8 5.1 6.1 6.3
1/1/2023 4.4   6.1 6.2
2/1/2023 4.7   6.1 6.3
3/1/2023 4.3 4.8 6.4 5.8
4/1/2023 4.4   6.1 5.3
5/1/2023 4.3   6 5.2
6/1/2023 4.4 4.5 5.6 4.8
7/1/2023 4.4   5.7 4.2

Note: The data for AHE, Atlanta Wage Growth Tracker, and Indeed are monthly and extend through July 2023. Atlanta Wage Growth Tracker data are shown as a 3-month moving average of the 12-month percent change. ECI change is over the 12 months ending in the last month of each quarter and starts in 2019: Q1 and extends through 2023: Q2. The shaded bar indicates a period of business recession as defined by the National Bureau of Economic Research: February 2020-April 2020. AHE is average hourly earnings; ECI is employment cost index.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics; Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Wage Growth Tracker; Indeed; all via Haver Analytics.

Last Update: August 25, 2023