Federal statistical agency
Appears in 17 stories · Last updated Nov 11, 2026
Published October CPI on Nov. 10 without yearly figures
October's US inflation report arrived Tuesday without a year-over-year number, as the Bureau of Labor Statistics had said it would. The agency could not calculate one because it never collected prices for October 2025, when a federal funding lapse shut down most of its survey work.
Updated 8 hours ago
Released the October jobs report showing 165,000 jobs added and unemployment at 4.1%
Employers added 165,000 jobs in October, far more than forecast, and unemployment fell to 4.1%, the Labor Department said Nov. 6. The report suggests the labor market is holding up even as hiring has slowed from earlier in the year.
Updated Yesterday
Published October CPI on November 10 showing a 0.4% monthly rise and 0.3% core inflation; no annual rate because last year's shutdown left no October 2025 base
Consumer prices rose 0.4% in October from September, and core prices rose 0.3% for a third straight month, the Labor Department said November 10. The report kept the Federal Reserve on course to raise rates at its December 8-9 meeting. Governor Christopher Waller said a 0.3% core reading would make him consider a half-point hike.
Published October CPI on November 10; the report had no annual figure because the 2025 shutdown prevented data collection
Consumer prices rose 0.4% in October from September, above the 0.3% forecast, and core prices rose 0.3%. The report had no year-over-year figure because the 2025 government shutdown prevented data collection. Gas prices had fallen below $4 a gallon, and inflation-adjusted after-tax incomes had fallen 0.3% in September.
Publisher of the monthly Employment Situation report
US employers added 165,000 jobs in October, nearly triple the 59,000 economists expected, and the unemployment rate slipped to 4.1%. August and September were revised up by a combined 84,000.
Updated 4 days ago
Publishes the monthly Employment Situation report and JOLTS survey
US factories added 19,000 jobs in October, rebounding from September's 9,000 gain. Computer and electronic products led with 6,700 new jobs, while beverage, tobacco, and leather products lost about 2,400.
Publishes the labor share and productivity data at the center of the story
American workers took home 52.8% of the country's income in the second quarter of 2026, the smallest slice since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the figure in 1947. The previous quarter was 53.6%. This decade's average is about 55.6%.
Updated Nov 1
Publishes the CPI-W index that determines the COLA
Social Security benefits rise 3.6% in January for roughly 72 million to 73 million beneficiaries. The average retiree gets about $75 more per month, or roughly $900 a year.
Published the September PPI report on October 15
Wholesale prices jumped 1.3% in September, the biggest monthly gain since March 2022, as gasoline rose 20.3% during the US-Israeli war with Iran. Producer prices were 6.3% higher than a year earlier, the fastest pace since December 2022.
Recovering from shutdown-related data gaps
The Federal Reserve held its benchmark rate at 3.75% to 4.00% on October 28. Two officials dissented in favor of another quarter-point hike. Chair Kevin Warsh said inflation is still too high, though he called financial conditions tighter rather than tight.
Updated Oct 31
Reported a 125,000 October 2026 payroll gain and 4.3% unemployment; revisions have cut more than 800,000 jobs from earlier estimates.
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 25 basis points on December 10, 2025, in a deeply divided 9–3 vote—the most dissents in six years, bringing the funds rate to 3.5–3.75%. Minutes released December 30 revealed the decision was 'finely balanced,' with officials split over whether weak hiring or inflation poses the greater risk.
Updated Oct 30
Released the October report showing 125,000 jobs added and a 4.3% unemployment rate
The Federal Reserve held its benchmark rate at 3.75% to 4.00% on October 28, a month after its first increase in three years. Chair Kevin Warsh said inflation is "still too high," with consumer prices up 3.7% in September from a year earlier.
Publishes the Producer Price Index underpinning the cost data
Construction materials cost 11.2% more than a year ago, the fastest annual increase in nearly four years, according to Associated Builders and Contractors. A broader Associated General Contractors measure that includes services put the rise at 11.9% for new nonresidential work.
Updated Oct 21
Publishes the import and export price indexes
US import prices rose 1.1% in September, the biggest monthly jump since May, pushing the annual gain to 8.1% — the largest since July 2022. Economists had expected a 0.8% increase.
Updated Oct 19
As of September 2026: Publishes the data behind the record-low layoffs
Construction firms laid off 99,000 workers in August, the fewest in any month since the government began tracking the figure in December 2000. The industry had 251,000 open jobs on the last day of August.
Updated Sep 30
As of May 2026: Released the February 2026 Employment Situation report on March 6
For the past year and a half, the Federal Reserve has been carefully lowering interest rates, trying to guide the economy toward a soft landing after the post-pandemic inflation surge. On March 6, 2026, two pieces of news arrived simultaneously that may have closed that window. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the United States economy shed 92,000 jobs in February—the worst monthly reading in years. Brent crude oil held above $85 after Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, choking off roughly a fifth of the world's oil supply. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 785 points as traders priced in what many had feared but few expected to see confirmed in a single morning: the ingredients for stagflation.
Updated May 30
As of May 2026: Primary source of US consumer expenditure data
In 1901, the typical American family spent 80 cents of every dollar on food, clothing, and shelter. Today that figure is under 50 cents. The remaining half now flows into healthcare, entertainment, education, transportation, and services that barely existed a century ago.
Updated May 22
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