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How did the closely watched jobs report get its start?
Jun 6, 2024
The survey of employers was created to help answer puzzling questions about labor.
Many jobs still have demographically skewed workforces, new data shows
by
Amy Scott
and Sofia Terenzio
Feb 14, 2024
The WSJ’s Lauren Weber talks about "how we sort ourselves into different occupations and how in some ways we are sorted."
U.S. productivity is up for the third quarter in a row. What does that mean?
Feb 1, 2024
Rising productivity makes possible rising living standards over time.
What does the Bureau of Labor Statistics mean by "little changed"?
Jan 3, 2024
A more stable, less swingy labor market, as reflected in the latest JOLTS data, is usually good news.
Corporate profits have been trending down. That's what the Federal Reserve wants to see.
by
Justin Ho
Nov 28, 2023
It means interest rate hikes are having the intended effect. Tapering consumer demand and high labor costs are weighing on earnings.
How are health insurance costs reflected in inflation calculations?
Nov 13, 2023
To make the CPI’s health care component more accurate, the Bureau of Labor Statistics changed how it uses health insurance data.
Wage growth cools in October
Nov 3, 2023
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.
For public good, not for profit.
What the number of involuntary part-time workers tells us about the economy
Sep 7, 2022
The "I’d prefer a full-time gig, but I can’t find one” measure can give us a sense of how much slack or unmet potential there is in the labor market.
Federal jobs survey will replace COVID questions with new queries about telework
by
Justin Ho
Sep 5, 2022
It's the end of an era — the pandemic era — for the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Workers are picking up extra jobs just to pay for daily necessities
by
Kimberly Adams
and Anais Amin
Aug 8, 2022
More people in the United States are working two full-time jobs than ever before, says Lauren Kaori Gurley of The Washington Post.