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The Economy
Prices, markets and the public mood — the numbers behind the political fight over the economy.
U.S. national debt, live estimate
$40,305,316,210,830
Treasury figure $40.31 trillion as of Oct. 8, 2026 · rising about $63,406 a second
Trump approval on the economy
29.7% approve · 67.9% disapprove · net −38.2
“Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling the economy?” · Source: PolitiKool average of 39 polls from 3 pollsters, daily since Jan. 20, 2025
Gas prices by state
Full tracker →$3.81–$4.00$4.00–$4.24$4.24–$4.32$4.32–$4.66$4.66–$6.31
Hover any state for its average. Source: AAA, updated daily.
Two-year trend
Full tracker →Weekly U.S. retail average, regular gasoline · Source: EIA
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | $6.31 | |
| 2 | Hawaii | $5.64 | |
| 3 | Washington | $5.45 | |
| 4 | Nevada | $5.44 | |
| 5 | Alaska | $5.02 | |
| 6 | Oregon | $5.00 | |
| 7 | Idaho | $4.90 | |
| 8 | Utah | $4.83 | |
| 9 | Illinois | $4.71 | |
| 10 | Arizona | $4.71 | |
| 11 | Michigan | $4.66 | |
| 12 | Montana | $4.51 | |
| 13 | Wyoming | $4.48 | |
| 14 | New York | $4.46 | |
| 15 | Pennsylvania | $4.46 | |
| 16 | District of Columbia | $4.44 | |
| 17 | Vermont | $4.42 | |
| 18 | Connecticut | $4.41 | |
| 19 | New Mexico | $4.41 | |
| 20 | Maine | $4.38 | |
| 21 | Massachusetts | $4.32 | |
| 22 | New Hampshire | $4.30 | |
| 23 | New Jersey | $4.30 | |
| 24 | Rhode Island | $4.28 | |
| 25 | West Virginia | $4.27 | |
| 26 | Maryland | $4.27 | |
| 27 | Minnesota | $4.26 | |
| 28 | Iowa | $4.25 | |
| 29 | Delaware | $4.25 | |
| 30 | South Dakota | $4.24 | |
| 31 | Colorado | $4.24 | |
| 32 | Nebraska | $4.22 | |
| 33 | Virginia | $4.18 | |
| 34 | Wisconsin | $4.14 | |
| 35 | North Dakota | $4.14 | |
| 36 | Florida | $4.09 | |
| 37 | Kentucky | $4.04 | |
| 38 | Oklahoma | $4.02 | |
| 39 | Kansas | $4.02 | |
| 40 | South Carolina | $4.01 | |
| 41 | Missouri | $4.00 | |
| 42 | Alabama | $3.98 | |
| 43 | North Carolina | $3.98 | |
| 44 | Arkansas | $3.97 | |
| 45 | Louisiana | $3.94 | |
| 46 | Tennessee | $3.94 | |
| 47 | Mississippi | $3.93 | |
| 48 | Indiana | $3.92 | |
| 49 | Ohio | $3.89 | |
| 50 | Texas | $3.82 | |
| 51 | Georgia | $3.81 |
Inflation
Full tracker →3.7% all items · 2.8% core
Consumer Price Index, change from a year earlier · Source: BLS via FRED
Unemployment
Full tracker →4.2% now · 4.3% a year ago
Civilian unemployment rate, monthly since January 2021 · Source: BLS via FRED
What it costs to borrow
Full tracker →
7.40% on a 30-year mortgage
·
3.75% Fed benchmark rate
30-year fixed mortgage
Federal funds rate
30-year fixed mortgage rate (Freddie Mac weekly survey) and the effective federal funds rate, five years · Source: FRED
Student loan debt
Full tracker →
$1.61 trillion in federal student loans outstanding
· +$60 billion vs a year ago
Student loans held by the federal government, in trillions of dollars, quarterly since 2021 · Source: Federal Reserve Financial Accounts via FRED
The dollar
Full tracker →102.2 index · +3.9% this year
Both indexed to 100 two years ago. Major currencies is the ICE dollar index — euro, yen, pound, Canadian dollar, Swedish krona and Swiss franc. Sources: ICE via Yahoo Finance; Federal Reserve broad index via FRED.
Gold
Full tracker →$4,216.3 · +1.4% today
per troy ounce · −2.6% this year · two years of daily closes
Crude oil (WTI)
Full tracker →$91.85 · +0.4% today
per barrel · +60.2% this year · two years of daily closes
Wall Street
Full tracker →
S&P 500
7,812
+0.6% today
Dow Jones
51,655
+0.8% today
Nasdaq
27,366
+0.6% today
S&P 500Dow JonesNasdaq
Each index set to 100 on Oct. 10, 2024, so the lines show relative performance rather than price. Source: Yahoo Finance / FRED.
Consumer sentiment
Full tracker →51.7 in 2026-08 · 58.2 a year earlier
University of Michigan Index of Consumer Sentiment, monthly, ten years · Source: FRED
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