THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF DALLAS: WEEKLY ECONOMIC INDEX AUG. 27, 2026

The following information was released by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas:

U.S. Economy

The Weekly Economic Index (WEI) provides a signal of the state of the U.S. economy based on data available at a daily or weekly frequency. It represents the common component of 10 different daily and weekly series covering consumer behavior, the labor market and production. It is updated Thursday at or shortly after 10:30 a.m. CT, using data available up to 8 a.m. CT.

Aug. 27, 2026: Update

The WEI is currently 2.85 percent, scaled to four-quarter GDP growth, for the week ended Aug. 22 and 2.59 percent for Aug. 15. The 13-week moving average is 2.79 percent. This is compared with 2.10 percent four-quarter GDP growth through second quarter 2026.

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WEI Authors

The WEI was developed by Daniel J. Lewis, a former economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Karel Mertens, senior vice president and director of research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas; and James H. Stock, professor of economics at Harvard University.

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