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June 1985

Introducing new weights for the Employment Cost Index

Albert E. Schwenk

Beginning in June 1986, ECI estimates will reflect employment counts from the 1980 census; while the change also involves some redefinition of occupational groups, disruptions to the historical series are expected to be slight.

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