What the BLS survey modification will and will not do.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  December 29th at 11:30 AM  | 

You may have heard that the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has modified its survey of unemployment.  There is probably going to be a good deal of confusion over what’s being changed, so let me summarize the situation. Official unemployment numbers are derived from the Current Population Survey (CPS), which surveys American households every month in order to gather various statistical data.  The potential confusion | Read More »