Daily Roundup of Key US Economic Data for April 9

02:37 PM EDT, 04/09/2026 (MT Newswires) -- The third estimate of Q4 GDP showed a 0.5% gain, revised down from a 0.7% increase in the previous estimate.

Personal spending is now reported up 1.9% after a 2.0% increase in the advance estimate.

There were upward revisions to nonresidential fixed investment and government spending that were offset by downward adjustments to residential fixed investment and private inventories. The contribution from net exports was unrevised.

The GDP price index rose by 3.7%, a downward adjustment from the previous estimate, with the PCE price index and core PCE price measures unrevised.

Personal income was down 0.1% in February after a 0.4% gain, below expectations, while personal consumption expenditures rose by 0.5% in February after a 0.3% increase.

After an adjustment for a 0.4% increase in the PCE price index, real consumption was up 0.1% in February after a flat reading in January. The year-over-year rate for the overall price index remained at 2.8%.

Core PCE prices rose by 0.4% in the month while the year-over-year rate slowed to 3.0% from 3.1%.

Initial jobless claims increased by 16,000 to 219,000 in the week ended April 4, lifting the four-week moving average by 1,500 to 209,500.

Insured claims fell by 38,000 to 1.794 million in the week ended March 28, the lowest since week ended May 11, 2024.

Natural gas stocks rose by 50 billion cubic feet to 1.911 trillion cubic feet in the week ended April 3, up 4.9% from a year earlier and 4.8% higher than the seasonal average for the current week over the previous five years.

February wholesale inventories rose by 0.8% in February after a 0.3% decrease, while wholesales sales increased by 2.7% after a 1.1% gain in the previous month.

The Q1 GDPnow estimate from the Atlanta Fed is for a 1.3% gain, unrevised from the previous estimate. The next update is scheduled for April 21.

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