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News that affects American households
Jobs, prices, wages and interest rates: what the latest official data on the U.S. economy means for households.
Economy Explainer
Real median household income rose 2.6% in 2025, the Census Bureau found, while income at the bottom did not change significantly. What the figures measure.
More rental homes stood empty than a year earlier, when the rate was 7.1%. Homeownership, at 65.5%, was statistically unchanged, the Census Bureau said.
Employers' wage costs rose 3.1% and benefit costs 3.9% over 12 months, the Employment Cost Index shows. Adjusted for inflation, private wages fell 0.6%.
The Consumer Price Index rose 0.6% in September and 3.7% from a year earlier, up from 3.4% in August, as the gasoline index climbed 9.1% in one month.
The Fed left its benchmark rate unchanged on October 28, six weeks after raising it. Two of the 12 voting members wanted another quarter-point increase.
Growth picked up from 2.2% in the spring as investment and government spending rose. In September, prices outran incomes and the saving rate fell to 3.8%.
Economy Explainer
The CPI tracks about 80,000 prices a month in 75 urban areas. Here is how it is built, who it covers, what it leaves out and why it may not match your bills.
Headlines as each source published them, with links to the original releases.