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Schedule F would expand the role of political appointees in the government. So what would that mean for federal economic data?
Some unemployed Americans who want to work are discouraged by the job market, so much so that they’ve paused looking.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reduced its initial count of new jobs between March 2023 and March 2024 by more than 800,000.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ monthly survey doesn’t track jobs added or subtracted due to AI – at least not yet.
The survey of employers was created to help answer puzzling questions about labor.
The data suggest the job market could be returning to more normal times after an exceptional period of hiring new employees.
Rising productivity makes possible rising living standards over time.
To make the CPI’s health care component more accurate, the Bureau of Labor Statistics changed how it uses health insurance data.
Average hourly earnings rose 4.1% year-over-year in October; the rate peaked near 6% in March 2022. The slowdown in wage growth is helping the Fed wrestle inflation lower.
The U.S. job market as a whole continues to hum along.
