Connect U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to clariBI
Connect the U.S. BLS with your API key, choose the data series to sync, and get inflation, employment and wage history sitting next to the demand and costs they drive.
clariBI| Connection | API connector. You paste your BLS API key. |
| Access | Read-only. clariBI never writes to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
| Sync | When the data is more than a day old, clariBI syncs it again before a question, dashboard refresh or report uses it. You can also press Sync now. |
| More endpoints | 6 documented U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics endpoints you can add, up to 30 per source (trial, Starter and above) |
| Plans | Every plan, including Free. Asking questions in plain English needs the trial or Starter and above. |
About U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes free economic data, including the Consumer Price Index, unemployment rates, and average wages.
clariBI reads the BLS through its v2 REST API using your own API key: the monthly history of the series you choose, such as CPI-U for inflation or the unemployment rate. Access is read-only, and clariBI never changes anything in your account.
Vendor site: bls.gov/developers
What clariBI syncs
clariBI pulls the monthly history of the series you select through the BLS v2 REST API, lands it as a preprocessed dataset, and refreshes it once it is more than a day old. Access is read-only.
For each selected series, clariBI syncs the monthly value, then builds an insights dashboard you can query, extend, or pull into reports.
clariBI only ever reads. It never changes anything in your BLS account.
What you can chart
- Monthly value per series over your chosen years
- Long-run trend and turning points by series
- Month-over-month and year-over-year change
- Comparison across the series you track
- Inflation or labor context lined up with your dates
How to connect U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Open Data Sources in clariBI
In clariBI, go to Data Sources > Add Data Source, find the U.S. BLS, and paste your BLS API key (free from bls.gov/developers). The key is stored encrypted.
Choose series and years
Enter the data series to track (for example CUUR0000SA0 for CPI-U), set the start and end year, and clariBI reads the series read-only.
Sync, then get dashboards
clariBI syncs the monthly values, preprocesses them, and builds an insights dashboard. Ask "How did inflation track our pricing?" and clariBI reads the synced series alongside your data.
Questions you can ask
Asking in plain English uses AI credits, so it needs the trial or a Starter, Professional or Enterprise plan. Totals and trends are computed from the synced rows; the AI plans the question, picks the chart and writes the explanation.
- "Did our price increases keep up with inflation?"
- "Did the tight labor market raise our payroll cost?"
About the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics connector
What do I need to connect the U.S. BLS?
A free BLS API key from bls.gov/developers. You paste it into clariBI once; it is stored encrypted, and there is no OAuth popup or app to register.
Can clariBI change anything in the BLS?
No. The connector only reads the monthly history for the series you select. It never changes anything in your account.
Which clariBI plans include U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics?
Every plan can connect U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, within its data source limit: 3 on Free, 5 on Lite, 10 on Starter, 50 on Professional and 100 on Enterprise. Each source gets an automatic dashboard on every plan. Asking questions in plain English, AI reports and adding endpoints from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics catalog need the trial or a Starter, Professional or Enterprise plan.
Try U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in clariBI
The trial lasts 14 days, includes 50 AI credits and needs no card. When it ends, your account moves to the Free plan and keeps its data and dashboards.