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  • 1.  BLS revisions

    Posted 08-01-2025 16:03

    Harrowing news about how <man  in the white house> feels about the BLS revisions

    CHATGPT gives a poor description of the revisions. I won't post those. 

    A reasonably accurate description of the revisions here

    Why job numbers change: Understanding the latest revisions

    and the BLS website explains the revisions.

    The BLS produces many statistics and posts a  schedule of revisions

    Schedule of Releases and Revisions for Productivity Program

    There are numerous peer-reviewed econometric scholarly articles  about the revisions

    This article is first in the Google seach

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165176511006410

    An article from the Dallas Tx. Fed

    https://www.dallasfed.org/research/basics/benchmark

    And econometrician-S suggest confidence intervals

    https://ideas.repec.org/p/bls/wpaper/538.html

    Last, this ox was gored in 2024

    https://www.help.senate.gov/rep/newsroom/press/ranking-member-cassidy-collins-seek-answers-from-bls-on-botched-monthly-jobs-numbers-demand-accountability



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    Adjunct Professor of Biostatistics
    University of Illinois Chicago, UIC-SPH
    www.barkerstats.com


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