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BLS - Bureau of Labor Statistics

Part of the Department of Labor (DOL), it is a Federal statistical agency. BLS functions as the principal data-gathering agency of the Federal government in the field of labor economics. The BLS collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates data relating to employment, unemployment, and labor force, productivity, prices, family expenditures, wages, industrial relations, and occupational safety and health. Well-known data released by BLS include the:

​* 1. Consumer Price Index

• 2. Producer Price Index

• 3. Unemployment rate

• 4. Nonagricultural employment levels

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