Economic Data Revision History

This table shows macroeconomic datapoints and the history of their revisions by their respective government agencies. For more information about these revisions, see our blog post.

MetricPeriodRevision DateRevision #New ValuePrevious ValueChange
Unemployment RateJanuary 200801/08/20101st5.04.90.1
Unemployment RateDecember 200701/08/20102nd5.04.90.1
Unemployment RateOctober 200701/08/20102nd4.74.8-0.1
Unemployment RateAugust 200701/08/20102nd4.64.7-0.1
Unemployment RateJuly 200701/08/20102nd4.64.7-0.1
Unemployment RateMay 200701/08/20101st4.44.5-0.1
Unemployment RateMay 200601/08/20102nd4.64.7-0.1
Unemployment RateDecember 200501/08/20102nd4.94.80.1
Unemployment RateJune 200501/08/20102nd5.05.1-0.1
Unemployment RateJanuary 200501/08/20101st5.35.20.1
PCENovember 200912/23/2009-1.5--
PCEOctober 200912/23/20091st0.10.2-0.1
PCESeptember 200912/23/20092nd-0.6-0.60.0
PCEAugust 200912/23/20093rd-0.6-0.60.0
PCEJuly 200912/23/20093rd-0.9-0.90.0
Real GDP % ChangeQ3-200912/22/20092nd2.22.8-0.6
CPI-U NA (All Items)November 200912/16/2009-1.8--
CPI-U SA (All Items)November 200912/16/2009-0.4--
Unemployment RateNovember 200912/04/2009-10.0--
PCEOctober 200911/25/2009-0.2--
PCESeptember 200911/25/20091st-0.6-0.5-0.1
PCEAugust 200911/25/20092nd-0.6-0.5-0.1
PCEJuly 200911/25/20092nd-0.9-0.8-0.1
Real GDP % ChangeQ3-200911/24/20091st2.83.5-0.7
CPI-U NA (All Items)October 200911/18/2009--0.2--
CPI-U SA (All Items)October 200911/18/2009-0.3--
Unemployment RateOctober 200911/06/2009-10.2--
PCESeptember 200910/30/2009--0.5--
PCEAugust 200910/30/20091st-0.5-0.50.0
Real GDP % ChangeQ3-200910/29/2009-3.5--
CPI-U SA (All Items)September 200910/15/2009-0.2--
CPI-U NA (All Items)September 200910/15/2009--1.3--
Unemployment RateSeptember 200910/02/2009-9.8--
PCEAugust 200910/01/2009--0.5--
PCEJuly 200910/01/20091st-0.8-0.80.0
PCEMay 200910/01/20093rd-0.3-0.30.0
PCEApril 200910/01/20094th0.10.10.0
Real GDP % ChangeQ2-200909/30/20092nd-0.7-1.00.3
CPI-U NA (All Items)August 200909/16/2009--1.5--
CPI-U SA (All Items)August 200909/16/2009-0.4--
Unemployment RateAugust 200909/04/2009-9.7--
PCEJuly 200908/28/2009--0.8--
PCEJune 200908/28/20091st-0.4-0.40.0
PCEMay 200908/28/20092nd-0.3-0.30.0
PCEApril 200908/28/20093rd0.10.00.1
Real GDP % ChangeQ2-200908/27/20091st-1.0-1.00.0
CPI-U NA (All Items)July 200908/14/2009--2.1--
CPI-U SA (All Items)July 200908/14/2009-0.0--
Unemployment RateJuly 200908/07/2009-9.4--
PCEDecember 199408/05/20093rd2.32.30.0