Users of ProphetX Pro and Platinum packages can now access a multitude of macroeconomic data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics!
Data from the below categories can be found in your Symbol Search:
| Category Abbreviation | Name / Description |
|---|---|
| AP | Consumer Price Index – Average Price Data |
| CE | Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics Survey (National) |
| CI | Employment Cost Index |
| CU | Consumer Price Index – All Urban Consumers |
| CW | Consumer Price Index – Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers |
| CX | Consumer Expenditure Survey |
| EI | Import/Export Price Indexes |
| LN | Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey |
| MP | Major Sector Multifactor Productivity |
| PC | Producer Price Index Industry Data |
| PR | Major Sector Productivity and Costs |
| SU | Consumer Price Index – Chained Consumer Price Index |
| WP | Producer Price Index-Commodities |
The DTN symbols will very closely resemble the SeriesID from the BLS, so using that as a keyword search will make finding the datapoint you need easy! We’ve also provided a “Sample Page” for download to get you started using the new datasets!
(You will find the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Sample Page under the Heading of Other Pages. Click on the Title to add it to your open workbook.)
