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
CPI-U SA (All Items)July 200502/18/20092nd0.60.7-0.1
CPI-U SA (All Items)March 200502/18/20093rd0.40.30.1
CPI-U SA (All Items)February 200502/18/20093rd0.30.30.0
CPI-U SA (All Items)January 200502/18/20094th0.10.00.1
CPI-U SA (All Items)November 200402/18/20093rd0.50.40.1
CPI-U SA (All Items)August 200402/18/20093rd0.10.10.0
CPI-U SA (All Items)January 200402/18/20093rd0.40.40.0
Unemployment RateJanuary 200902/06/2009-7.6--
PCEDecember 200802/02/2009-0.6--
PCENovember 200802/02/20091st1.41.40.0
PCEOctober 200802/02/20092nd3.23.20.0
Real GDP % ChangeQ4-200801/30/2009--3.8--
CPI-U SA (All Items)December 200801/16/2009--0.7--
CPI-U NA (All Items)December 200801/16/2009-0.1--
Unemployment RateDecember 200801/09/2009-7.2--
Unemployment RateNovember 200801/09/20091st6.86.70.1
Unemployment RateOctober 200801/09/20091st6.66.50.1
Unemployment RateSeptember 200801/09/20091st6.26.10.1
Unemployment RateAugust 200801/09/20091st6.26.10.1
Unemployment RateJuly 200801/09/20091st5.85.70.1
Unemployment RateJune 200801/09/20091st5.65.50.1
Unemployment RateDecember 200701/09/20091st4.95.0-0.1
Unemployment RateFebruary 200601/09/20092nd4.84.70.1
Unemployment RateSeptember 200501/09/20091st5.05.1-0.1
Unemployment RateJune 200501/09/20091st5.15.00.1
Unemployment RateApril 200501/09/20092nd5.25.10.1
PCENovember 200812/24/2008-1.4--
PCEOctober 200812/24/20081st3.23.20.0
PCESeptember 200812/24/20082nd4.14.10.0
PCEAugust 200812/24/20083rd4.44.40.0
PCEJuly 200812/24/20084th4.54.50.0
Real GDP % ChangeQ3-200812/23/20082nd-0.5-0.50.0
CPI-U SA (All Items)November 200812/16/2008--1.7--
CPI-U NA (All Items)November 200812/16/2008-1.1--
Unemployment RateNovember 200812/05/2008-6.7--
PCEOctober 200811/26/2008-3.2--
PCESeptember 200811/26/20081st4.14.2-0.1
PCEAugust 200811/26/20082nd4.44.5-0.1
PCEJuly 200811/26/20083rd4.54.50.0
Real GDP % ChangeQ3-200811/25/20081st-0.5-0.3-0.2
CPI-U NA (All Items)October 200811/19/2008-3.7--
CPI-U SA (All Items)October 200811/19/2008--1.0--
Unemployment RateOctober 200811/07/2008-6.5--
PCESeptember 200810/31/2008-4.2--
PCEAugust 200810/31/20081st4.54.50.0
PCEJuly 200810/31/20082nd4.54.6-0.1
Real GDP % ChangeQ3-200810/30/2008--0.3--
CPI-U SA (All Items)September 200810/16/2008--0.0--
CPI-U NA (All Items)September 200810/16/2008-4.9--
Unemployment RateSeptember 200810/03/2008-6.1--