Edited by Peter Hillerberg2 min readStories are generated from ORTEX data and reviewed by the ORTEX team. How we publish
Two of the most-watched real-economy series hit all-time peaks in the most recent data. US nonfarm payrolls reached 159,044 thousand jobs in September 2026, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics dataset tracked by ORTEX. That edges past the prior record of 159,015 thousand and is the highest reading since the series began in 1997. Average hourly earnings also set a new peak in September, the highest since that series started in 2006.
Tourism tells a similar story in Asia. Chinese visitor arrivals to Singapore reached 435,442 in August 2026, per the Singapore Tourism Board data ingested by ORTEX. That is the highest reading since the series began in 2008, just clearing the previous record of 432,329 set in 2024. Singapore also recorded its largest August for battery-electric car registrations on record since 2022. Indian arrivals, by contrast, fell for three consecutive months through August.
Hong Kong public transport offers a cooler counterpoint. Passenger journeys totalled 349.1 million in July 2026, the smallest July in three years, below the 352.3 million recorded in July 2023, according to ORTEX's tracking of Hong Kong transport authority data.
European petrol car registrations fell to 5,821 vehicles in September 2026, the lowest September on record since 2016, per national registration data compiled by ORTEX. Diesel registrations declined for three consecutive months. US trucking adds a related note: active carrier registrations added fell for three consecutive months through September 2026, per FMCSA data tracked by ORTEX.
Medicare Advantage penetration reached 51.1% in June 2026, the largest June reading since ORTEX's series began in 2013, ahead of 50.96% in June 2025. In captive finance, recoveries rose 44% year-on-year to $79.2 million in Q2 2026, while provisions for credit losses climbed 27% to $71.1 million over the same period.
ORTEX's nuclear output dataset shows VST reactor output running 10.0 standard deviations above its own history as of 9 September 2026. Wikipedia viewership data places SWDR retail attention at 10.0 standard deviations above its own history as of 23 September 2026. For ABBV, ORTEX's drug trials dataset shows trial completion date slippage running 0.6 standard deviations below its own history as of 21 September 2026. These are where the data points so far, not projections of any coming print.
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