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I think you say “as good as they can get with [the] hard manual work that goes into compiling them” as a way to respect the challenge of the BLS and say they’re
by pgwhalen 2mo ago
I think you say “as good as they can get with [the] hard manual work that goes into compiling them” as a way to respect the challenge of the BLS and say they’re doing the best with their resources, but it’s worth pointing out they could be better with more resources.
- jmalicki 2mo agoDOGE hurt them pretty hard: "The Bureau of Labor Statistics posted a notice on Wednesday stating that it stopped collecting data in three not-so-small cities (Lincoln, Nebraska; Buffalo, New York; and Provo, Utah) and increased “imputations” for certain items" https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/05/economy/cpi-data-bls-reductions https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/05/economy/cpi-data-bls-reductio...
- renegade-otter 2mo agoThat is exactly right. This is a short pod episode where a former BLS director explains all this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhsLjmqse98 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhsLjmqse98
- pgwhalen 2mo agoIndeed this is my source for the claim!