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BLS Birth-Death Payroll Model 99.9% Correct, as Usual

posted by Michael Lewis on September 08, 2017

Found in US, categorized in Macro

Tags: FMI michael lewis payroll birth-death model

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Headline

It happens all too regularly: when payroll job results come in outside some expectations, and particularly when those results are stronger, a cadre of analysts and pundits accuse the birth-death model of distorting the results.

Abstract

FMI’s commentary on the BLS Payroll Birth-Death Model. 

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Michael Lewis

Mike Lewis founded Free Market Inc. (FMI) in 1982 as a full-service economic consulting firm, providing insights and in-depth data analysis primarily for institutional money managers and corporate planning directors.

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