Releases / United States
US average retail prices (BLS CPI Average Price Data), U.S. city average, monthly release schedule and API
BLS. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI Average Price Data. Licence: public-domain.
Next releases
| Release | UTC | Agency local time |
|---|---|---|
| Average prices | 08:30 local (UTC-05:00) |
From the agency's own calendar, as of 2026-11-13. Reschedules and cancellations are in the API.
How fast it reaches the API
| Release | Measured | Median | Fastest | Slowest | Missed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US average retail prices (BLS CPI Average Price Data), U.S. city average, monthly | 1 | 26 s | 26 s | 26 s | 0 |
Time from the agency publishing to the data being on our feed, for releases caught live in the last 30 days. Every release counts, including slow ones and misses.
Get it by API
Series ids: US.AVG_PRICE.EGGS.NSA, US.AVG_PRICE.GROUND_BEEF.NSA.
# pip install econfeed-client
from econfeed_client import Client
ef = Client() # ECONFEED_API_KEY from the environment
for e in ef.calendar(days=90, source="us_bls_ap"):
print(e.scheduled_at, e.release_name, e.reference_period)
# add as_of= for what was known then
page = ef.observations("US.AVG_PRICE.EGGS.NSA", start="2024-01")
# pushed seconds after release
for ev in ef.stream(sources=["us_bls_ap"]):
print(ev.type, ev.data.release_id)REST: GET /v1/calendar?source=us_bls_ap, GET /v1/series/US.AVG_PRICE.EGGS.NSA/observations. Webhooks: filter on source us_bls_ap.