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Featured Article
Featured article image December 2024

Alternative data sources for high-tech products in the CPI

Craig Brown, Jeremy Smucker

BLS economists explore using alternative data and methods to calculate price indexes for high-tech goods.

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Book Reviews
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The dawn of U.S. manufacturing

Alix Coulter

This book examines the beginnings of domestic manufacturing in the United States.

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Beyond BLS

The economics of education in 12 facts

Justin Holt

Research outlines the economic condition of education.

Responding to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food insecurity

John C. Roach

Researchers examine the importance of financial assistance during economic challenges.

What is the best metric to gauge wage growth?

Richard Hernandez

Economists examine the effects of the quits rate and job searching as an indicator to wage growth.

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