Last Reliable Economic Statistics?

[Gary Witlen]

In the hope that voters will evaluate the Trump administration based on actual facts when the mid-term elections occur in 2026, rather than PR spins and fabrications, here are the most recent actual key economic statistics that should be of interest to middle class workers.
New Unemployment claims:
1/20/25 +201,000
2/23/25 +213,000
3/31/25 +219,000 Total Claims 1.9 million
4/30/25 +241,000 Total Claims 1.92 million
6/12/25 +248,000
7/9/25 +233,000
8/12/25 +226,000
First Quarter Gross Domestic Product: -0.3%
Second Quarter GDP +3.0%
Unemployment rate:
1/25 4.1%
2/25 4.0%
3/25 4.2%
4/25 4.2%
4/25 4.3%
5/25 4.1%
6/25 4.2%

1/25 +2.9%
2/25 +3%
3/25 +3.1%
4/25 +2.4%
5/25 +2.4%
6/25 +2.3%
7/25 +2.7%
Gas (nat. ave.)
1/25 $3.09
2/25 $3.07
3/25 $3.17
4/25 $3.19
5/25 $3.16
6/25 $3.14**
8/12/25 $3.16
Diesel (nat. ave.)
1/25 $3.60
2/25 $3.63
3/25 $3.68
4/25 $3.76
5/25 $3.45
6/25 $3.79
8/12/25 $3.80
New Jobs
12/24 +256,000
1/25 +143,000
2/25 +140,000
3/25 +228,000
4/25 +177,000*
5/25 +139,000 Adjusted 19,000
6/25 +147,000 Adjusted 14,000
7/25 +73,000
Average hrly earnings (annual)
2024 +3.9%
Eggs (nat. ave.)
1/25 $3.37
2/25 $4.95
3/25 $4.90
4/25 $4.65
5/25 $4.30
6/25 $3.01
8/12/25 $3.01
*March new hires figures were revised downward by 95,000
** Trump has asserted on at least three occasions that the price of gas in five states is less than $2.00 per gallon. Anyone live in one of those states?

[Yard Dog]

My IRA is making money now more than ever.

[Knucklehead]

Very low numbers by historic standards, but overall steady surprisingly in '25. Now that the data will be manipulated by the BLS Trumpers, will SOB and his economic team object to the bs data soon to be published? Prob not...UPSers and others don't get COLAs because the data is wrong or not collected or not published? What a circus. No data, no COLA.

[killAInow]

Good point , I wonder what Teamster-UPS-Trump voters will think of the new "best ever numbers". On second thought they're practised at buying the Bullshit.

[Yard Dog]

Best president ever. MAGA