Journal Article
St. Louis Fed Steps in to Provide More-Timely Jobs Data
Abstract: Although these [2018] revisions [to monthly state and local employment data] were significant, they didn?t come as a surprise to us at the St. Louis Fed. We have been releasing our own estimates of regional employment growth since mid-2017, and they have generally matched up well with the revisions released every March by the BLS. Our estimates can alert policymakers of likely revisions well ahead of time, allowing them to make decisions based on information that is often more accurate than the initial releases from the BLS.
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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Part of Series: The Regional Economist
Publication Date: 2018
Volume: 26
Issue: 2
Order Number: 6