Revised Job Data Highlights U.S. Economic Challenges
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The U.S. job market's recent data has been significantly revised downward by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, mainly due to challenges in accurately capturing the surge in new business formations during the pandemic, which has exposed limitations in the birth-death model used for employment estimates.
Topics:business#birth-death-model#bls#economic-data-accuracy#economy#jobs-revision#new-business-formation
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