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U.S. Economy Health

Palanor Economy Health score, 0 = weakest month since 1998, 100 = strongest

59 in Sep 2026−4 since Jan 2026
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U.S. recessionsShades the months the NBER dates as recession. U.S. charts only.5-year rangeThe highest and lowest readings of the last five years, as a band. One-series charts only.High and lowMarks the highest and lowest readings in the window shown.
Current·Data to Sep 2026

Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where the data set a record or moved most.

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Built from growth, unemployment, prime-age employment, core inflation, debt service, a business survey, exports and housing starts, each scored against its own record.

One number for how the U.S. economy is doing against its own history since 1998. It places today on the range from the weakest month to the strongest.

What this chart reads

Sources

U.S. Economy Health. Source: Computed daily by Palanor. Inputs: BEA (GDP, core PCE, exports), BLS (unemployment, employment), Federal Reserve Board (debt service), Census Bureau (housing starts), all via FRED and in the public domain; the Empire State survey is © Federal Reserve Bank of New York, content subject to the Terms of Use at newyorkfed.org.

Charts are drawn from Palanor's signal library and recomputed from source data on every view. Transformations (changes, indexing, year-on-year rates) are Palanor's.

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