top of page

BUREAU OF LABOR AND STATISTIC.​
(www.bls.gov)

Economic News Releases

https://www.bls.gov/bls/newsrels.htm#latest-releases  ​

Economic News Releases

On This Page

LATEST RELEASES

MAJOR ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Consumer Price Index

In March, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers rose 0.9 percent, seasonally adjusted, and rose 3.3 percent over the last 12 months, not seasonally adjusted. The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.2 percent in March (SA); up 2.6 percent over the year (NSA).

(PDF) (Charts)

Employment Cost Index

Compensation costs increased 0.9 percent for civilian workers, seasonally adjusted, from December 2025 to March 2026. Over the year, total compensation rose 3.4 percent, wages and salaries rose 3.4 percent, and benefit costs rose 3.6 percent.

(PDF) (Charts)

Employment Situation

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 178,000 in March, and the unemployment rate changed little at 4.3 percent. Job gains occurred in health care, in construction, and in transportation and warehousing. Federal government employment continued to decline.

(PDF) (Charts)

Producer Price Index

The Producer Price Index for final demand increased 0.5 percent in March. Prices for final demand goods advanced 1.6 percent, and the index for final demand services was unchanged. Prices for final demand rose 4.0 percent for the 12 months ended in March.

(PDF) (Charts)

Productivity and Costs

Productivity increased 0.8 percent in the nonfarm business sector in the first quarter of 2026; unit labor costs increased 2.3 percent (seasonally adjusted annual rates). In manufacturing, productivity increased 3.6 percent and unit labor costs increased 2.4 percent.

(PDF) (Charts)

Real Earnings

Real average hourly earnings for all employees decreased 0.6 percent in March, seasonally adjusted. Average hourly earnings increased 0.2 percent, and CPI-U increased 0.9 percent. Real average weekly earnings decreased 0.9 percent.

(PDF)

U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes

In March, U.S. import prices rose 0.8 percent, following an increase of 0.9 percent in February. The index for U.S. export prices rose 1.6 percent in March after rising 1.9 percent in February. Over the past 12 months, import prices increased 2.1 percent and export prices advanced 5.6 percent.

(PDF) (Charts)

Subscribe to the BLS News Service to receive the above news releases by e-mail.

Top

SCHEDULES OF NEWS RELEASES

ALL ECONOMIC NEWS RELEASES

Archives

Caution

  • Data in archived news releases may have been revised in subsequent releases. The latest data, including any revisions, may be obtained from the databases accessible on the program homepages.

  • Archived News Releases

Employment & Unemployment

Monthly

Quarterly, annual, and other

Inflation and Prices

Pay and Benefits and Workplace Injuries

Productivity and Technology

Employment Projections and Occupational Outlook Handbook

Regional News Releases

 

Last Modified Date: July 17, 2023

       Federal Reserve System
             Rates, Bonds, and Index of Leading Indicator

  1. https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/openmarket.htm 

  2. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/USSLIND

  3. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/release/tables?rid=208&eid=259669&snid=259670

  4. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FLSTHPI?utm_source=series_page&utm_medium=related_content&utm_term=related_resources&utm_campaign=categories

                                                                                                                                     Policy Tools ​- BONDS

                 The Federal Reserve has a variety of policy tools that it uses in order to implement monetary policy.

BUREAU OF CENSUS
(www.census.gov)
https://data.census.gov/cedsci/

Dictionary Technical for Business-Economic & Finance
https://www.economist.com/economics-a-to-z 

bottom of page