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Bureau of Labor Statistics API providing U.S. employment, price indices (CPI/PPI), productivity, and wage data as time series. Best for economic analysis workflows needing labor market indicators, inflation tracking, or employment trends. The authoritative source for U.S. labor statistics — unlike BEA (national accounts) or Census (demographics), BLS focuses specifically on labor and price measurement. 1 example endpoint available through Lava’s AI Gateway. See the BLS API docs for full documentation.
This provider is managed — no additional setup required.
This is a catch-all provider — any valid URL under https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2 is supported. BLS labor statistics API. Construct URL as https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/{endpoint}. Common endpoints: /timeseries/data/ (e.g. CUUR0000SA0 for CPI), /timeseries/popular, /surveys. Auth param (registrationkey) is added automatically. The endpoints below are curated examples.

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Get time series data by series ID

GET https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/timeseries/data/CUUR0000SA0 — Free
const data = await lava.gateway('https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/timeseries/data/CUUR0000SA0', { method: 'GET' });

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