Weekly Economic Index (Lewis-Mertens-Stock)

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Series IDWEI
UnitsIndex
FrequencyWeekly, Ending Saturday
Categoryother indicators
Latest observation2026-10-24
HistoryPoint-in-time: every value as first published plus each revision, so backtests see only what was known on the day

Latest reading

The latest Weekly Economic Index (Lewis-Mertens-Stock) observation, for 2026-10-24, is 2.98 Index, down from 3.25 for 2026-10-17. It has not been revised since it was first published. 99.5% of observations in this history were revised after first release.

Latest observation2026-10-24
Latest value2.98 Index
Previous3.25 (2026-10-17)
Change-0.27 (-8.3%)
First published value2.98
Last release2026-10-29
Vintages stored431
Observations982
Largest revision (5 years)2022-01-08: 7.68 → 4.64

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