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• CPI up 1.5 percent over the year
• PPI up 1.4% since March 2013
• Import & export prices in March 2014
• Multifactor productivity in 2012

Monthly Labor Review

The first hundred years of the Consumer Price Index: a methodological and political history   Darren Rippy (PDF)

Beyond the Numbers

Employer-sponsored benefits extended to domestic partners

The BLS National Compensation Survey (NCS) publishes data annually on the availability of employee benefits, such as health care and retirement plans, and has expanded the scope of the survey to capture data on the availability of health care benefits and defined-benefit pension survivor benefits for unmarried opposite-sex and same-sex partners. This issue of Beyond the Numbers looks at the frequency with which health and defined-benefit plans are extended to unmarried domestic partners.
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OOQ: Occupational Outlook Quarterly

Working with big data Sara Royster Saving early for retirement Dennis Vilorio Powering the nation: Smart grid careers Elka Torpey

Spotlight on Statistics

• High-income household spending and the economic recovery
• Nonfatal injuries and illnesses among state and local government workers
• 2013: International Year of Statistics

National Longitudinal Surveys News

• No. 13-154 (Latest NLSY97 Geocode Release Available) (PDF)

• CPI Detailed Report
• Employment & Earnings Online
• PPI Detailed Report

Recent Chartbooks

• Chartbook: Occupational Employment and Wages, 2010 (PDF)
• A Chartbook of International Labor Comparisons (2012 Edition)
• Fatal Occupational Injuries and Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, 2008

Archived Chartbooks

• Chartbook: Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2009
• Fatal Workplace Injuries in 2006: A Collection of Data and Analysis
• Occupational Injuries and Illnesses: Counts, Rates, and Characteristics, 2006
• A Chartbook of International Labor Comparisons (2010 Edition) (PDF)
• Employment and Wages, Annual Averages 2008
• Charting the U.S. Labor Market in 2006
• Fatal Workplace Injuries in 2005: A Collection of Data and Analysis
• Occupational Injuries and Illnesses: Counts, Rates, and Characteristics, 2005
• Chartbook: Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2008
• Employment and Wages, Annual Averages 2007
• Occupational Injuries and Illnesses: Counts, Rates, and Characteristics, 2004
• Fatal Workplace Injuries in 2004: A Collection of Data and Analysis
• Chartbook: Fatal Occupational Injuries in the United States, 1995-1999
• Regional Economic Patterns in the United States, 1990-1999
• Working in the 21st Century

• BLS Handbook of Methods
• Characteristics of Minimum Wage Workers, 2013 (PDF)
• A Profile of the Working Poor, 2012 (PDF)
• Consumer Expenditures in 2012 (PDF)
• Extended Mass Layoffs in 2012 (PDF)
• Women in the Labor Force: A Databook, 2012 (PDF)
• Highlights of Women's Earnings in 2012 (PDF)
• National Compensation Survey: Employee Benefits in the United States, March 2012
• National Compensation Survey: Health Plan Provisions in State and Local Government in the United States, 2011
• Labor Force Characteristics by Race and Ethnicity, 2012 (PDF)
• The First Hundred Years of the Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Report on the American Workforce
• Report on the Youth Labor Force
• Geographic Profile
• Worklife Estimates: Effects of Race and Education (PDF 1.32MB)
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Test your knowledge

1. Complete the statement with the correct percentages:

   Among people who had completed a bachelor's degree or more education and were no longer enrolled in school, __________ were employed in civilian jobs during October when age 25. In comparison, __________ of high school dropouts were employed in civilian jobs in the October they were age 25.

Hint:
Young adult employment varies by education.

 

2. Complete the statement with the annual percent increase in the price for gold ores:

   In 2012, price increases for gold slowed, rising less than they had in each of the previous 4 years. The __________ increase in 2012 was the smallest yearly increase since the 2.6-percent advance in 2008.

Hint:
Gold prices rise more than 100 percent since 2008.

 

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