Key data points
Last release
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Observation period
Sep 2024
Next release
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Forecast
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Highest
6.26 POINT on Jun 30, 2020
Lowest
−18.12 POINT on Apr 30, 2020
About United States Chicago Fed National Activity Index
The Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) is designed to gauge overall economic activity and related inflationary pressure. The CFNAI is based on a weighted average of 85 existing monthly indicators of national economic activity. It has an average value of zero and a standard deviation of one. Since economic activity tends toward trend growth rate over time, a positive reading corresponds to growth above trend and a negative reading corresponds to growth below trend.