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Revisions to nonfarm payroll employment: 1964 to 2011

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Over recent months, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has revised upward its initial estimates of the monthly change in nonfarm payroll employment. Similar positive revisions occurred to the initial estimates for September 2010 through February 2011. Moreover, upward revisions to initial estimates also occurred in the immediate months following the most recent NBER business-cycle trough of June 2009. This pattern of positive revisions suggests that the BLS might be having trouble pinning down initial estimates of job gains in the early stages of an expansion. It also cautions us against placing too much weight on very early, sometimes unreliable estimates of macroeconomic data.

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  • Tom Stark, 2011. "Revisions to nonfarm payroll employment: 1964 to 2011," Research Rap Special Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, issue Dec.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedprr:00004
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    Employment; Nonfarm payroll;

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