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Unemployment Rate, CPI Inflation, GDP Growth Rate, Fed Funds Rate Today
Unemployment Rate 1 | 3.8% [March 2024] |
CPI Change % YOY 2a | 3.5% [March 2024] |
PCE Change YOY 2b | 2.5% [Feb 2024] |
GDP Growth Rate % YOY 3 | +3.4% [Q4 2023 (3rd est.)] |
Fed Funds Rate 4 | 5.33% [March 2024] |
1 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Unemployment Rate [UNRATE], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UNRATE
2a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), not seasonally adjusted. https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CUUR0000SA0&output_view=pct_12mths
2b The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Index. https://www.bea.gov/
3 U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Gross Domestic Product. https://www.bea.gov/data/gdp/gross-domestic-product
4 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US), Federal Funds Effective Rate [FEDFUNDS], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FEDFUNDS
Mortgage Rates Today
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What Happened in The Stock Market Today?
Let’s take a quick look at what happened in the stock market today around the world.
US Stock Market Today
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International Stock Market Today
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Bond Market Today
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Which Stocks Went Up Today?
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- % Change in Price (Intraday): greater than 5%
- Region: United States
- Volume (Intraday): greater than 1,000,000
- Market Cap (Intraday): Large Cap and Mega Cap
Which Stocks Went Down Today?
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- % Change in Price (Intraday):less than -5%
- Region: United States
- Volume (Intraday): greater than 1,000,000
- Market Cap (Intraday): Large Cap and Mega Cap
Mortgage Rates Today
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