The latest observations include a record annual decline in world cereal yield. Several US indicators display their largest monthly movements in recent periods. Readers may examine the incorporated records from primary sources.
Insights
- Cereal yield (World) fell 6.52% in 2024, the largest annual change in the recorded series
Cereal yield for World was 3,954.95 kg per hectare in 2024, down 276.07 kg per hectare (-6.52%) from 4,231.01 in 2023; that change ranks in the 100th percentile of annual changes recorded since 1961.
ObservedCereal yieldWorld2024-01-01
- US total public debt outstanding (United States) fell 0.04% in 2026-09-03, a move against the usual direction
US total public debt outstanding for United States was 40,102,964,278,586 US dollars in 2026-09-03, down 14,080,848,486 US dollars (-0.04%) from 40,117,045,127,073 in 2026-09-02; that change ranks in the 80th percentile of daily changes recorded since 1993-04-01.
ObservedUS total public debt outstandingUnited States2026-09-03
- US consumer price index, energy (United States) fell 1.48% in 2026-07-01, a move against the usual direction
US consumer price index, energy for United States was 314.55 index 1982-1984=100 in 2026-07-01, down 4.74 index 1982-1984=100 (-1.48%) from 319.29 in 2026-06-01; that change ranks in the 87th percentile of monthly changes recorded since 1957-01-01.
ObservedUS consumer price index, energyUnited States2026-07-01
Biggest moves
Rose 0.6% in 2026-05-01, the largest rise since 2026.
1,304.57 million kilowatts in 2026-05-01 · +7.18 million kilowatts (+0.6%) · from 1,297.39 in 2026-04-01
observations 241167, 241166 · score 7
Fell 12.4% in 2026-07-01, the largest drop since 2026.
1,239 thousands of units, seasonally adjusted annual rate in 2026-07-01 · -176 thousands of units, seasonally adjusted annual rate (-12.4%) · from 1,415 in 2026-06-01
observations 169883, 169882 · score 24
Fell 1.3% in 2026-07-01, the largest drop since 2026.
871,205 millions of dollars, seasonally adjusted annual rate in 2026-07-01 · -11,616 millions of dollars, seasonally adjusted annual rate (-1.3%) · from 882,821 in 2026-06-01
observations 182544, 182543 · score 26
Rose 1.7% in 2026-04-01, the largest rise since 2023.
4,551.12 billions of chained 2017 dollars, seasonally adjusted annual rate in 2026-04-01 · +76.03 billions of chained 2017 dollars, seasonally adjusted annual rate (+1.7%) · from 4,475.09 in 2026-01-01
observations 181431, 181430 · score 36
Rose 24.4% in 2026-07-01, the largest rise since 2025.
766,317,750,177 US dollars in 2026-07-01 · +150,250,993,022 US dollars (+24.4%) · from 616,066,757,155 in 2026-06-01
observations 263305, 263304 · score 40
Featured chart
Cereal yield in World rose from 1,421.62 kg per hectare in 1961 to 3,954.95 kg per hectare in 2024.Observed
What to watch
- The next Cereal yield observation (2025): a change no larger than the median annual change of +42.12 kg per hectare, or a move back the other way, would mean the latest change has normalised. - Renewable freshwater resources per person, currently 5,392.94 cubic metres per person per year in 2022: a move the other way lowers the breadth component. - Revisions: a revised 2024 value would arrive as a new observation row (the current row is observation 2945) and trigger a rescore. - Expiry: this insight expires 30 days after discovery unless a newer period supersedes it, and earlier if the relevance score falls below the threshold.
New or refreshed data
- World Bank World Development Indicators151,739 rows · 5 runs · 2026-09-07
- Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis FRED economic data (API)84,457 rows · 4 runs · 2026-09-07
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission SEC EDGAR submissions and XBRL CompanyFacts68,564 rows · 3 runs · 2026-09-07
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAOSTAT (bulk download service)62,902 rows · 3 runs · 2026-09-07
- U.S. Energy Information Administration Form EIA-860M, Monthly Update to the Annual Electric Generator Report40,334 rows · 3 runs · 2026-09-07
- International Monetary Fund World Economic Outlook database (IMF Data SDMX 2.1 API)29,532 rows · 3 runs · 2026-09-07
- OECD OECD Data Explorer (SDMX REST API)28,581 rows · 3 runs · 2026-09-07
- U.S. Department of the Treasury Treasury Fiscal Data API14,472 rows · 4 runs · 2026-09-07
- U.S. Energy Information Administration EIA Open Data API v28,273 rows · 4 runs · 2026-09-07
- U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission CFTC Commitments of Traders (public reporting API)6,336 rows · 3 runs · 2026-09-07
- Humanity Vector Humanity Vector documented derivations4,410 rows · 6 runs · 2026-09-07
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics BLS Public Data API v22,106 rows · 4 runs · 2026-09-07