The numbers that move markets

How many jobs the economy added last month, and what share of people looking for work could not find any.

The consumer price index: how much a basket of everyday goods and services cost this month versus last month.

The Federal Open Market Committee's rate decision: hold, cut or hike, and by how much.

The advance estimate of how fast the whole economy grew last quarter, annualized.

The Fed's preferred inflation gauge, core PCE, excluding food and energy.

How much shoppers spent at stores, restaurants and online last month versus the month before.

How many people filed for unemployment benefits for the first time last week.

The producer price index: what businesses were paid for their goods and services this month versus last, a step ahead of the prices shoppers pay.

How many jobs employers were trying to fill on the last day of the month, from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.

How many new homes broke ground last month, at a yearly pace. The corner of the economy that feels interest rates first.

How people feel about their money and the economy, from the University of Michigan's Surveys of Consumers. The game calls the final reading, which comes two weeks after the preliminary one.

Four times a year every Fed official puts a dot where they expect rates to end each year. The middle dot is the Fed's own forecast; the game calls where it lands.