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Bloomberg· 2025-09-10 11:06
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics has been struggling for some years now with low response rates to surveys that underlie key economic indicators https://t.co/MNWRuZUsCQ ...
CEA's Stephen Miran on BLS economic data
CNBC Television· 2025-08-12 21:01
Data Reliability Concerns - Economic data inherently contains noise and uncertainty due to its reliance on surveys [1] - The level of noise and uncertainty in economic data has increased in recent years [2] - CPI data is not typically revised, meaning the initial number is considered final, although seasonal factors are adjusted [2][3] Jobs Data Revisions - The birth-death model, a significant factor in job creation calculations, has shown a substantial increase in annual revisions [3] - The annual revision for jobs data has increased from approximately 5,000 to almost 300,000 in recent years, representing a roughly 6000% increase in error size [3] Call for Improvement - There is a need to improve the reliability, believability, and credibility of economic statistics [3]