BLS Update

A listing of the latest publications from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is now available at http://www.bls.gov/opub/update.htm.   

Week of July 15 – 19, 2013

News Releases

• Preliminary Multifactor Productivity Trends – 2012. USDL-13-1245 (HTML) (PDF)
• Regional and State Employment and Unemployment – June 2013. USDL-13-1346 (HTML) (PDF)
• Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers – Second Quarter 2013. USDL-13-1345 (HTML) (PDF)
• Employee Benefits in the United States – March 2013. USDL-13-1344 (HTML) (PDF)
• Department Store Inventory Price Indexes – June 2013. (HTML) (PDF)
• Real Earnings – June 2013. USDL-13-1343 (HTML) (PDF)
• Consumer Price Index – June 2013. USDL-13-1342 (HTML) (PDF)

The Editor's Desk

• Access to employee benefits in March 2013
• Real earnings unchanged in June 2013
• Consumer Price Index, June 2013
• Time spent working in 2012
• Producer prices up 2.5 percent for the 12 months ended June 2013

Monthly Labor Review

• "The Monthly Labor Review gets a new look"
• "The hockey lockout of 2012–2013"

Commissioner's Corner

Commissioner's Corner:  This week BLS unveiled the redesign of our flagship research publication, the Monthly Labor Review (MLR). Established in 1915, the MLR is the principal journal of fact, analysis, and research from BLS. Over the years, the MLR has undergone various changes to both its content and appearance. This latest redesign incorporates modern web features to improve appearance, navigation, and search capabilities. You can learn more about the history of the MLR and the redesign in the new article by Emily Lloyd Liddel, executive editor of the MLR. We also recently published a new edition of Beyond the Numbers that examines the question, "Why are there revisions to the jobs numbers?" Estimates of jobs gained or lost each month are closely watched by policymakers and those who work in the financial markets and the news media. Finally, the recent tragedy in which firefighters in Arizona lost their lives fighting a wildfire highlights the importance of BLS data on occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities. We posted a new factsheet this week on the risks firefighters face on the job.

American's Economy Mobile App

Our colleagues at the U.S. Census Bureau released a new and improved version of the America's Economy mobile app this week. The America’s Economy app provides real-time updates for 19 key economic indicators from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, and Bureau of Economic Analysis. Three indicators from BLS were added to the app this week: nonfarm payroll employment, the Producer Price Index, and the Consumer Price Index. These indicators join the unemployment rate and 15 others that were already available.

This free app is now available in the App Store and Google Play. For more information, see http://www.census.gov/mobile/.

Upcoming News Releases

• Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment (Monthly)
  Tuesday, July 30, 2013 (10:00 AM)
• Quarterly Data Series on Business Employment Dynamics
  Tuesday, July 30, 2013 (10:00 AM)
• Employment Cost Index
  Wednesday, July 31, 2013 (08:30 AM)
• Employment Situation
  Friday, August 02, 2013 (08:30 AM)
• Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey
  Tuesday, August 06, 2013 (10:00 AM)
• U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
  Tuesday, August 13, 2013 (08:30 AM)

More upcoming news releases »

Please refer questions to blsdata_staff@bls.gov.