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BLS Economic Data Scraper - CPI, Jobs & Wages

Scrape Bureau of Labor Statistics data: CPI (inflation), unemployment rate, employment, wages, and producer prices. Official BLS API, preset series for easy use. Historical time series data.

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BLS Economic Data Scraper

Apify actor that fetches official U.S. economic time series data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) public API v2.

No API key required for basic usage (up to 25 series per query, last 3 years by default).

Supported Presets

Preset	Series ID	Description
`cpi`	CUUR0000SA0	Consumer Price Index (All Urban)
`unemployment`	LNS14000000	Unemployment Rate
`employment`	CES0000000001	Total Nonfarm Employment
`wages`	CES0500000003	Average Hourly Earnings (Private)
`ppi`	WPUFD49104	Producer Price Index (Finished Goods)
`custom`	(your choice)	Provide your own series IDs

Input Example

{
  "presetSeries": "unemployment",
  "startYear": 2020,
  "endYear": 2025
}

Or with custom series:

{
  "presetSeries": "custom",
  "seriesIds": ["CUUR0000SA0", "LNS14000000"],
  "startYear": 2023
}

Output Fields

Field	Type	Description
seriesId	string	BLS series identifier
seriesName	string	Human-readable name
year	string	Data year
period	string	BLS period code (M01 = January, etc.)
periodName	string	Human-readable period (e.g. "February")
value	string	The reported value
footnotes	array	Footnote objects with `code` and `text`
latest	boolean	`true` if this is the most recent point

Running Locally

npm install
echo '{"presetSeries":"cpi"}' > INPUT.json
APIFY_INPUT_KEY=INPUT npm start

Notes

The BLS v2 public API (no key) allows up to 25 series and returns the last 3 years by default.
Register for a free API key at https://data.bls.gov/registrationEngine/ to get higher limits (up to 50 series, 20 years).

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