SourceScore
Government

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

bls.gov

Federal statistical agency for U.S. labor + price data; CPI, employment, unemployment, productivity.

SourceScore Index
A·94Composite weighted across Discipline, Modern Reference, and Velocity.

A+ — primary-source labor + price statistics; default for inflation + jobs reporting.

Citation Discipline
A+·95

Methodology documented per data series; sample sizes + revision practices public.

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Modern Reference
A·93

Free public APIs (LABSTAT) + bulk downloads + CSV/JSON data formats.

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Citation Velocity
A·94

Cited daily by financial press + AI engines; CPI + jobs reports drive markets.

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Signals behind these scores

Citation Discipline

A+·95
  • BLS Handbook of Methods
    Public methodology document per data series.

Modern Reference

A·93
  • BLS Public Data API
    Free REST API with full series data.

Citation Velocity

A·94
  • Market-moving releases
    Monthly jobs report + CPI move global markets.

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