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Current Employment Statistics - CES (National)

Early release of CPI and Real Earnings data on May 15, 2024

In advance of today's CPI and Real Earnings releases, BLS inadvertently loaded a subset of files to the website approximately 30 minutes prior to the release. BLS has alerted the Office of Management and Budget and DOL's Office of the Inspector General of the incident. BLS takes its data security seriously and is conducting a full investigation into its procedures and controls to ensure the incident is not repeated.

Last Modified Date: May 15, 2024