Economic releases on Friday, September 4, 2026
- 01
Average Hourly Earnings (Wage Growth) fell to 3.1%
YoY %, August 2026, from 3.2% for July 2026. It is the lowest since May 2021. Source: BLS.
YoY %, last five years YoY %, last five years - 02
Nonfarm Payrolls: +133K
Monthly change, August 2026, from -10.0K for July 2026. Source: BLS.
Monthly change, last five years Monthly change, last five years - 03
Unemployment Rate held at 4.1%
Unemployment rate, August 2026, from 4.1% for July 2026. Source: BLS.
Unemployment rate, last five years Unemployment rate, last five years - 04
Sahm Rule Recession Indicator fell to -0.07
Sahm Rule indicator, August 2026, from -0.03 for July 2026. It is the lowest since January 2023. Source: Sahm/FRED.
Sahm Rule indicator, last five years Sahm Rule indicator, last five years - 05
Temporary Help Employment rose to 0.6%
Year-over-year change, August 2026, from 0.1% for July 2026. It is the highest since October 2022. Source: BLS.
Year-over-year change, last five years Year-over-year change, last five years - 06
Average Weekly Hours — Total Private rose to 34.4 hrs
Average weekly hours, August 2026, from 34.3 hrs for July 2026. It is the highest since March 2024. Source: BLS.
Average weekly hours, last five years Average weekly hours, last five years - 07
U-6 Underemployment Rate fell to 7.7%
U-6 underemployment rate, August 2026, from 7.9% for July 2026. It is the lowest since June 2025. Source: BLS.
U-6 underemployment rate, last five years U-6 underemployment rate, last five years - 08
Heavy Truck Sales fell to 413
Heavy truck sales (000s, SAAR), August 2026, from 434 for July 2026. Source: BEA/Fed.
Heavy truck sales (000s, SAAR), last five years Heavy truck sales (000s, SAAR), last five years - 09
Labor Force Participation Rate rose to 61.6%
Participation rate, August 2026, from 61.4% for July 2026. Source: BLS.
Participation rate, last five years Participation rate, last five years - 10
Long-Term Unemployment (27+ weeks) rose to 1.93M
Unemployed 27+ weeks, August 2026, from 1.77M for July 2026. Source: BLS.
Unemployed 27+ weeks, last five years Unemployed 27+ weeks, last five years - 11
Payroll Employment Diffusion Index rose to 55.4
3-month diffusion index, August 2026, from 54.2 for July 2026. Source: BLS.
3-month diffusion index, last five years 3-month diffusion index, last five years - 12
Total Unemployed Workers rose to 7.03M
Unemployed workers, August 2026, from 6.92M for July 2026. Source: BLS.
Unemployed workers, last five years Unemployed workers, last five years - 13
Prime-Age Employment-to-Population Ratio held at 80.4%
Prime-age employment ratio, August 2026, from 80.4% for July 2026. Source: BLS.
Prime-age employment ratio, last five years Prime-age employment ratio, last five years
Every official economic release dated Friday, September 4, 2026, in order of importance and then by how unusual the reading is against its own history. Days with no releases have no edition. Market moves are not part of the edition. Values are those shown on each indicator page, which carry later revisions; charts end on the edition's date. Research and education, not financial advice.