<p>After some more intensive (4 mins) googling I found it on the <a href="https://www.bls.gov/schedule/news_release/empsit.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">BLS</a> website.</p>

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Could you mark the question as answered?
Brian Romanchuk
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Hi. Welcome to economics.SE. This answer could be improved by reciting the solution in the text of the answer, rather than just providing a link. You could copy and paste in quotes. This follows the discussion found here: https://economics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/53/reference-only-answers
jmbejara
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<p>Using the CSV file provided by <a href="https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UNRATE" rel="nofollow noreferrer">St. Louis Fed</a> (which is based on the data series <a href="https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000000" rel="nofollow noreferrer">LNS14000000</a> from the Bureau of Labor Statistics) I noticed that the date is <strong>always the first day of each month</strong> for the unemployment rate, i.e. for May 1957 it is <code>1957-05-01</code> and so on. Because BLS currently <a href="https://www.bls.gov/cps/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">will announce the data</a> for June 2018 on the <strong>6th</strong> of July, I doubt that the CSV file is correct. Where can I find the accurate historic release dates for the unemployment rates? </p>

<data-request><federal-reserve><unemployment>
US unemployment data release date
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# US unemployment data release date

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-06-24)

Using the CSV file provided by [St. Louis Fed](https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UNRATE) (which is based on the data series [LNS14000000](https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000000) from the Bureau of Labor Statistics) I noticed that the date is **always the first day of each month** for the unemployment rate, i.e. for May 1957 it is `1957-05-01` and so on. Because BLS currently [will announce the data](https://www.bls.gov/cps/) for June 2018 on the **6th** of July, I doubt that the CSV file is correct. Where can I find the accurate historic release dates for the unemployment rates?

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### Answer by username_0 on 2018-06-24. Score: 1

After some more intensive (4 mins) googling I found it on the [BLS](https://www.bls.gov/schedule/news_release/empsit.htm) website.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Could you mark the question as answered?  
> **username_2**: Hi. Welcome to economics.SE. This answer could be improved by reciting the solution in the text of the answer, rather than just providing a link. You could copy and paste in quotes. This follows the discussion found here: https://economics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/53/reference-only-answers  

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