Key data points
Last release
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Observation period
4 May 2024
Next release
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Forecast
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Highest
10.27% on May 1, 2021
Lowest
−8.10% on May 2, 2020
About United States Weekly Economic Index
The Weekly Economic Index is an index of real economic activity using timely and relevant high-frequency data. It represents the common component of ten different daily and weekly series covering consumer behavior, the labor market, and production. The WEI is scaled to the four-quarter GDP growth rate; for example, if the WEI reads -2 percent and the current level of the WEI persists for an entire quarter, we would expect, on average, GDP that quarter to be 2 percent lower than a year previously.