Outlook Index / Forecast accountability

Know who called it, and who missed.

Every published projection from central banks, budget offices and bank research — traced to the sentence it came from, and tracked as it gets revised.

Latest revisionsFed 1.7%1.4%/Fed 4.4%4.5%/Fed 2.7%3.0%
Institutions14
Figures103
Reports27
Metrics23
Revisions3
Sourced100%

Revision tape

3 derived
2025-06-18Fed U.S. real GDP growth, 2025 Q41.7%1.4%
2025-06-18Fed U.S. unemployment rate, 2025 Q44.4%4.5%
2025-06-18Fed U.S. headline PCE inflation, 2025 Q42.7%3.0%

Derived by comparing an institution's own successive reports. Nothing stored.

Latest reports

All sources ›
2026-08-08Goldman Sachs US economic outlook Goldman SachsInstitution forecast
2026-08-08NY Fed Survey of Consumer Expectations New York FedConsumer survey
2026-08-07Atlanta Fed GDPNow commentary Atlanta FedModel nowcast
2026-07-30U.S. Economic Forecast — July 2026 Wells FargoInstitution forecast
2026-07-27Inflation Nowcasting — July 27, 2026 Cleveland FedModel nowcast
2026-07-17GDPNow estimate — July 17, 2026 Atlanta FedModel nowcast

Record / U.S. unemployment rate — 2026 Q4

Open metric ›
Forecasts by report date4 institutions / Quarterly average
4.20%4.35%4.50%CONSENSUSJUN 25JAN 26JUL 26Wells Fargo · 4.2% · 2026-07-30RBC · 4.3% · 2026-07-13Fannie Mae · 4.4% · 2026-07-10Fed · 4.5 · 2025-06-18Fed 4.5

EmphasisedOther institutionsConsensus

InstitutionReportedForecast
Wells Fargo“Unemployment Rate | 2026 4Q | 4.2”2026-07-304.2%
Royal Bank of Canada“Unemployment rate (%) | 2026 Q4 | 4.3”2026-07-134.3%
Fannie Mae“Unemployment Rate | 26.4 | 4.4”2026-07-104.4%
Federal Reserve“| Unemployment rate | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.4–4.5 | 4.3–4.6 | 4.2–4.6 | 4.0–4.3 | 4.3–4.6 | 4.3–4.7 | 4.0–4.7 | 3.5–4.5 |”2025-06-184.5
Readout
Consensus
4.35%
Spread
+0.30%
Low
4.20%
High
4.50%
Reporting
4
Basis
Quarterly average
Widest disagreement