(See last item). Here at the Labor Dept. we are wondering what it is
that we did so well to so disturb Mr. Armey.
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BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1997:
The government's summertime snapshot of the youth labor force picks up
the tones of a robust economy, with total emplo
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: The number of employed youth increased by 2.8 million
(not seasonally adjusted) from April to July, the traditional summertime
peak for youth employment. This year's seasonal expansion in employment
of 16- to 24-year-olds was sli
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1997
Robust job growth continued unabated in most states during July, with
gains in nonfarm industry payrolls particularly brisk in several Western
states and in parts of the Plains region, reports BLS. Payroll gains
were notably strong in services
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: State unemployment rates were little changed in July,
as 43 states recorded changes of 0.3 percentage point or less from June.
The national jobless rate edged down to 4.8 percent in July. Nonfarm
payroll employment increased in 30
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1997
The pay gap that separates college and high school educated workers
favors only college graduates whose literacy skills are commensurate
with their educational level, according to a report in the July issue of
the BLS "Monthly Labor Review." T
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1997:
Experimental geometric mean version of the CPI continues to conform to
expectations in its pattern of divergence with the official CPI, rising
by 1.9 percent in the year ending in July. After testing the
experimental measure for the remainder of this
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1997
The Labor Department announced a schedule for the release of databases
under its new Occupational Information Network (O*NET) -- a system for
collecting, classifying, and disseminating information about
requirements and characteristics of occupations
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1997
__Prices of goods imported to the United States dropped 0.2 percent in
July, BLS reports. The price of exports dipped 0.1 percent. Declines
in both imported petroleum prices and nonpetroleum prices contributed to
the July downturn. Petroleum prices
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1997
A tentative agreement was reached late Monday in the 15-day-old strike
by the Teamsters against United Parcel Service, both the company and the
union said. UPS workers could return to their jobs as early as
Wednesday, said a union spokesperson. Voting
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1997:
In a comparison of nine industrial economies, only Germany and Japan had
greater increases in manufacturing productivity than the United States
in 1996, BLS reports. "U.S. productivity growth in 1996 resulted from a
combination of a 2.7 pe
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1997:
BLS News Release: "International Comparisons of Manufacturing
Productivity and Unit Labor Cost Trends, 1996" indicates that
manufacturing productivity in the United States increased 3.2 percent in
1996, the same rate as in 1995. Of eig
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1997
RELEASED TODAY:
CPI -- On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U rose 0.2 percent
in July, following increases of 0.1 percent in each of the preceding
four months. The food index increased 0.3 percent in July The
energy index continued to
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods decreased
0.1 percent in July, seasonally adjusted. This followed drops of 0.1
percent in June and 0.3 percent in May and is the seventh consecutive
monthly decline in the index. Prices
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: Preliminary seasonally adjusted annual rates of
productivity change in the second quarter were: 0.7 percent in the
business sector and 0.6 percent in the nonfarm business sector. In both
the business and nonfarm business sectors
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1997
In many ways, UPS is a metaphor for the 1990s economy, says a Washington
Post Sunday commentary (page C1) What the UPS workers mostly want is
the simple right to work full time. Only 40 percent of them, mostly
drivers, now do so The duration of
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1997
__The widespread use of part-time workers at United Parcel Service is
drawing public attention to one of the thorniest workplace issues.
Part-time employment in private industry has grown rapidly in the last
two decades, now amounting to about 22 million
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: Largely as a result of reductions in job-related
homicides and electrocutions, the number of fatal work injuries fell in
1996 to 6,112, the lowest level in the five-year history of the Census
of Fatal Occupational Injuries. The
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1997
The index of forward-looking economic indicators was unchanged in June,
after rising 0.3 percent in May, the Conference Board reports. The New
York-based board said five of the 10 leading economic indicators rose in
June. The most significant
I censored the USA Today report on UPS as too biased.
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BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1997
Total spending on new construction -- including the full range of
structures from houses to highways -- declined by 1.1 percent in June,
ending the second quarter on a weak note
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1997
__The economy keeps up its robust pace of job creation, adding 316,000
jobs to nonfarm payrolls in July, according to data released by BLS.
The gain meant that 2.5 million jobs have been created over the last
year. The unemployment rate declined to 4.8
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1997:
BLS estimates that there were 1,056 mass layoffs in May, as measured by
new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month. May's
layoffs were slightly less than the revised total of 1,084 recorded in
April (Daily Labor Report, page
Back from vacation, time to catch up with the Daily Report.
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BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1997:
Today's News Release: "Mass Layoffs in May 1997" indicates that in May
1997, there were 1,056 mass layoff actions by employers as measured by
new filings f
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1997:
RELEASED TODAY: Most state unemployment rates showed little change in
June, as 44 states and the District of Columbia recorded shifts of 0.3
percentage point or less from May. The national jobless rate
increased to 5.0 percent over the month
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1997:
Competition is fierce for welfare-to-work jobs, even in the booming
Midwest, says The Wall Street Journal, in its page 1 "Work Week"
column. A study of six Midwest states by the Northern Illinois
University Office of Social Policy Researc
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, JULY 28, 1997:
Retirement plans for full-time employees in medium and large
establishments are moving away from defined benefits and toward
defined contributions, BLS reports. In 1995, 80 percent of the
full-time employees of establishments with 100 or more
>BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1997
>
>RELEASED TODAY: Retirement plan participation by employees in medium and
>large private establishments (those with 100 workers or more) has remained
>fairly constant, but there has been a shift in the types of plans providing
>covera
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1997
Top Fed officials went to Capitol Hill again yesterday In answer
to the question, "Is inflation so low that deflation is now a worry?,"
Greenspan said, "`While ... the measured inflation rate has come down
... there are none of the
>BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1997
>
>RELEASED TODAY: Sixty-five percent of 1996 high school graduates were
>attending colleges or universities by the fall. This rate was an all-time
>high. From 1992 to 1995, the enrollment rate was about 62 percent Nearly
>two-
>BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1997
>
>RELEASED TODAY: Median weekly earnings of the nation's 93.4 million
>full-time wage and salary workers were $499 in the second quarter of 1997.
>This was 2.7 percent higher than a year earlier, compared with a gain of 2.3
>pe
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, JULY 21, 1997
Import prices increased 0.4 percent in June for the first monthly
upturn since December, BLS reports. The cost of goods exported from
the United States slipped 0.1 percent, continuing a three-month string
of declines (Daily Labor Report, page D-1
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: The U.S. Import Price Index increased 0.4 percent in
June. A rise in both imported petroleum prices and nonpetroleum
prices contributed to the increase. The U.S. Export Price Index fell
for the third straight month, dipping 0.1
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: In April 1997, there were 1,009 mass layoff actions
by employers as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance
benefits during the month, according to preliminary data. Each action
involved at least 50 persons from a single
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1997
The number of announced layoffs dropped 28 percent in June, compared
with May, and was the lowest monthly workforce reduction total since
May 1993, says a report by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.
Employers announced 15,091 job cuts in June
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1997
An interagency committee recommends to OMB that it reject proposals to
add a multiracial category to the federal government's race and ethnic
categories, according to the report scheduled to be published in the
Federal Register. Rather than of
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1997
RELEASED TODAY:
CPI -- On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U rose 0.1 percent
in May, the same as in each of the preceding two months. The food
index, which declined in April, advanced 0.4 percent in May The
energy index declined for the
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: The number of families with at least one employed
person rose by 709,000 in 1996. Such families comprised 81.4 percent
of the nation's 69.2 million families, according to a new annual
series on the employment characteristi
DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods fell 0.3
percent in May, seasonally adjusted. This was the fifth consecutive
monthly decline Prices received by domestic producers of
intermediate goods moved down 0.2 percent in May after
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: Half of all workers afflicted with carpal tunnel
syndrome missed 30 days or more of work, according to BLS report on
the characteristics of lost-worktime injuries. Work-related hernias,
amputations (usually involving the finger), and
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: In March 1997, there were 697 mass layoff actions by
employers as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance
benefits during the month. Each action involved at least 50 persons
from a single establishment, and the number of
The BLS reported,
>> The Labor Dept. survey of households shows that the average
>> worker put in 39.2 hours last year, up from 37.7 in 1982. And,
>> according to polls conducted by Louis Harris & Associates, the median
>> number of hours worked per week in the U.S. has risen steadily from
>> 40
See esp. item 4, How many hours in a work week?
> --
>
> BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1997
>
> Many of the assumptions made by the Advisory Commission to Study the
> CPI are flawed, BLS says in a point-by-point report submitted to the
> Joint Economic
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1997
__The nation's unemployment rate dropped in May to the lowest level in
more than 23 years, adding to a rosy portrait of the U.S. economy that
sent stock prices soaring to new records The report left unclear
whether economic growth is slowing ..
>Does anyone else fine this to be more than a bit off?
>
>At 11:59 AM 6/6/97 -0700, Richardson_D wrote:
>>BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1997:
>
>>Fueled by the issue of quality changes, the CPI debate rolls on, says
>>Business Week (June 9, page 68). Among
Does anyone else fine this to be more than a bit off?
At 11:59 AM 6/6/97 -0700, Richardson_D wrote:
>BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1997:
>Fueled by the issue of quality changes, the CPI debate rolls on, says
>Business Week (June 9, page 68). Among the quotes is one that says a
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1997:
RELEASED TODAY: Nonfarm payroll employment rose in May, and
unemployment was about unchanged after falling in April. The number
of payroll jobs rose by 138,000 in May, following an increase of
323,000 in April (as revised). The May gain was below
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1997:
There's a continuing debate over whether the rise in global
competition has been good or bad for the average American worker's
wages, but there is little disagreement among economists that it has
been an important force in keeping U.S. inf
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1997
"New data on muliple jobholding available from the CPS" by John F.
Stinson, Jr., an economist in the Office of Employment and
Unemployment Statistics of BLS, is reprinted in the Daily Labor Report
(page E-37). In the opening story (page
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1997
The National Association of Purchasing Management reports that growth
in the manufacturing sector advanced at a faster pace in May than in
April, spurred by a surge in new orders (Daily Labor Report, page
A-3)
Construction spending fell 1 percent
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1997
Slightly more than half of the largest US. employers now offer work at
home or job sharing arrangements to their employees, according to a
survey of 519 companies by the management consulting firm of Watson
Wyatt Worldwide The survey found that 51
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1997
Looking back on the agency's recent experience, BLS Commissioner
Abraham says the bureau might establish a permanent academic advisory
group to study measurement issues related to the CPI Abraham says
in an interview that she has thought for
I have both a procedural and a substantive response to Bill's post. I
also must apologize for the delay in responding -- I only work on this
during the week.
On procedure, the Daily Report is not intended simply as a publication
vehicle for BLS data. It is rather an internal post wit
I have a question on this BLS data:
On Fri, May 30, 1997 at 07:10:37 (-0700) Richardson_D writes:
>BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1997
>...
>Consumer spending has been the driving force behind the U.S. economy
>over the past year, but, ironically, American families haven'
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1997
__In the month of April, when the national unemployment rate declined
to 4.9 percent, there were 29 states and the District of Columbia with
jobless rates at or below that level, according to data released by
BLS. Labor markets have improved to such
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: State unemployment rates were generally unchanged in
April, as 40 states reported changes of 0.3 percentage point or less
in either direction from March. The national jobless rate declined to
4.9 percent from 5.2 percent in March
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1997
The third quarter of 1997 should have the most robust hiring since
1988, according to the results of a Manpower, Inc., survey of 16,000
businesses. The survey finds that 30 percent of respondents will be
searching for additional workers this summer
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1997:
Analysts at BLS say the latest figurs show no major varieations from
their initial finding that the experimental CPI is rising about 0.25
percentage point less than the official CPI. Patrick Jackman, BLS
economist, said it is too soon to interpret what
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1997:
Prices of goods imported into the United States declined for the
fourth straight month in April, falling by 0.9 percent on a seasonally
adjusted basis, BLS reported May 21 (Daily Labor Report, page D-8).
Wage data compiled by BNA for the first 20
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 0.9 percent in
April. The monthly decline was the fourth in a row with both
petroleum and nonpetroleum import prices contributing to the April
drop. The U.S. Export Price Index declined 0.6
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1997
An article, "Engine of Economic Change" by Steven Pearlstein in the
Washington Post (page C1), says that "thriving Milwaukee challenges
the Fed's assumptions about inflation Despite a tight labor market
that should give workers
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, MAY 19, 1997
Looking ahead the next year or two, employers should expect a gradual
acceleration in health care costs rather than a rapid rise back to the
double-digit increases of the 1980s and early 1990s, industry experts
predict in a recent series of interviews by
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1997
__The CPI-U edged up a slight 0.1 percent in April. Falling energy
and food costs helped moderate the CPI-U in April, nearly offsetting a
large 0.9 percent gain in apparel and upkeep costs. For the year
ended in April, the CPI-U has risen 2.5 percent
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1997
RELEASED TODAY:
CPI -- On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U rose 0.1 percent
in April, the same as in March. The food index, which was unchanged
in March, declined 0.2 percent in April The energy index declined
for the second consecutive
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods declined
0.6 percent in April, seasonally adjusted. This followed decreases of
0.1 percent in March and 0.4 percent in February. Prices received by
domestic producers of intermediate goods
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1997:
The pace of growth for the nation's top black-owned businesses slowed
considerably from a year ago because of a backlash against affirmative
action and economic troubles, Black Enterprise magazine reported.
Sales of the black-owned companies rank
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, MAY 12, 1997
The number of mass layoffs occurring in U.S. firms increased by 83
percent in the fourth quarter of 1996, to a total of 1,802, compared
with 985 in the third quarter, the Labor Department reports. BLS says
the 1,802 mass layoffs resulted in the
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: In October through December of 1996, there were 1,802
mass layoff actions by employers, resulting in the separation of
397,643 workers from their jobs for more than 30 days. (Preliminary
figures may not include all states.) A year
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1997
__Nonfarm productivity rose at a seasonaly adjusted annual rate of 2
percent in the first quarter of 1997, almost twice the 1.1 percent
annual rate of growth in the last three months of 1996, BLS reports.
Surprising many labor market analysts, annual
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: Preliminary seasonally-adjusted annual rates of
productivity change in the first quarter were: 2.1 percent in the
business sector and 2.0 percent in the nonfarm business sector. In
both sectors, first-quarter productivity gains were
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1997
The May 1997 issue of the AARP Bulletin contains a profile of
Commissioner Abraham based on an interview -- "Custodian of the CPI:
Low-Profile Bureaucrat Stands Her Ground on Index."
An editorial in the Washington Post, "Ducking the H
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, MAY 5, 1997
__The unemployment rate fell to 4.9 percent in April, its lowest level
since 1973, BLS reports. Although BLS' survey of 50,000 households
showed that the unemployment rate declined 0.3 percentage point in
April, the economy created a modest 142,00
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1997
RELEASED TODAY:
EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- Unemployment declined in April, and
nonfarm payroll employment rose modestly. The nation's jobless rate
fell from 5.2 to 4.9 percent. The number of payroll jobs rose by
142,000 in April, and average h
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1997
Alaska and the District of Columbia registered the highest
unemployment rates in the nation during March, with both showing a 7.8
percent rate, BLS reports (Daily Labor Report, page D-21).
Economic growth shot up at a much stronger-than-expected 5.6
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: Most state unemployment rates showed little change in
March, as 45 states recorded shifts of 0.3 percentage point or less.
The national jobless rate was about unchanged at 5.2 percent.
Nonfarm employment rose in 44 states in March
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: The Employment Cost Index for March 1997 was 132.0,
an increase of 2.9 percent from March 1996. The ECI measures changes
in compensation costs, which include wages, salaries, and employer
costs for employee benefits. On a seasonally
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1997
Productivity in the nonfarm business sector as measured by the federal
government has been stagnating, or growing by small increments, for
decades. Meanwhile, manufacturing productivity -- which is a
component of the nonfarm business sector -- has
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1997
New claims for unemployment insurance benefits decreased by 8,000 to a
seasonally adjusted total of 324,000, according to the Employment and
Training Administration of the Department of Labor (Daily Labor
Report, page D-1)_The Washington Post
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1997
Sixty-nine percent of all industry categories measured by BLS report
productivity gains in 1995, the agency announces The report covers
about 40 percent -- in employment terms -- of the nonfarm business
sector of the economy. In 1995
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: Labor productivity -- as measured by output per hour
-- increased from 1994 to 1995 in 69 percent of the industries
measured by BLS Industries measured were in manufacturing;
transportation, communications, and utilities; trade
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1997:
RELEASED TODAY: The U.S. Import Price Index decreased 1.4 percent in
March. The decline followed decreases of 0.8 percent and 0.3 percent
in February and January, respectively, and was led by a further sharp
drop in petroleum prices. The U.S
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1997
The inflation-adjusted median weekly earnings of the nation's 90.7
million full-time wage and salary workers edged up 0.1 percent in the
first quarter of 1997, BLS reports (Daily Labor Report, page D-1).
Budget negotiations are seriously consid
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: Median weekly earnings of the nation's 90.7 million
full-time wage and salary workers were $504 in the first quarter of
1997. This was 3.1 percent higher than a year earlier, compared with
a gain of 3.0 percent in the CPI-U ove
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1997
The U.S. labor market in the 21st century will face a growing scarcity
of highly skilled workers and a dearth of younger workers to replace
the baby boomers who hope to retire before the year 2020, the Hudson
Institute predicts in a report released
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1997
__The CPI-U edged up a seasonally adjusted 0.1 percent in March, and
the core rate rose a moderate 0.2 percent, the Labor Department
reports. A sharp 1.7 percent drop in energy prices and flat food
costs helped keep down the CPI-U increase in March
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1997
RELEASED TODAY:
CPI -- On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U rose 0.1 percent
in March, following an increase of 0.3 percent in February. The food
index, which advanced 0.3 percent in February, was unchanged in March
The energy index
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1997
Producer prices for finished goods dipped a seasonally adjusted 0.1
percent in March, and the core-rate -- minus volatile food and energy
components -- rose 0.4 percent, BLS reports. The sharp 3.4 percent
decline in energy prices is partly responsible
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods declined
0.1 percent in March, seasonally adjusted. This followed decreases of
0.4 percent in February and 0.3 percent in January. Prices received
by domestic producers of intermediate
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1997
A bipartisan alliance of lawmakers is on the verge of making a new
push to consolidate the three major federal statistical agencies,
according to statements before a Senate Governmental Affairs
subcommittee. Sen. Brownback (R-Kan), chairman of the
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1997
Home health care workers face a much higher risk of injuries than
nurses, orderlies, and other workers employed in health care
facilities, BLS reports. Injured home health care workers also missed
more time from work because of their injuries
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1997
By the middle of this year, BLS plans to release the first
publications based on its revamped nationwide program of locality pay
surveys, the agency said in its spring issue of Compensation and
Working Conditions. BLS has named the new program the
> BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1997
>
> RELEASED TODAY: "News Advisory -- BLS to Issue Experimental CPI
> Indexes on April 10" points out that BLS will begin regular
> publication of an experimental CPI that uses a geometric mean instead
> of an arithmetic mea
> BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1997
>
> RELEASED TODAY: Employment rose, and the unemployment rate was about
> unchanged at 5.2 percent in March. Nonfarm payroll employment
> increased by 175,000, and average hourly earnings rose by 5 cents in
> March
>
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> BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1997
>
> Factory orders for manufactured goods advanced for the second month in
> a row, rising 0.8 percent in February to a record, the Census Bureau
> reports. Gains were reported for both durable and nondurable goods in
> February,
Note the warning that UP could soon drop below 5%. These people are
getting more brazen all the time.
> --
> BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1997
>
> Nonfarm payroll employment rose in 46 states and the District of
> Columbia in February, with Arizona and Colorad
> BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1997
>
> RELEASED TODAY: Unemployment rates for most states showed little
> movement in February, as 37 states recorded shifts of 0.3 percentage
> point or less from January. The national jobless rate was essentially
> unchanged at 5.3
The BLS wrote:
>> "In a significant shift since the late 1980s, outplaced women no
>> longer require more time than men to find new employment," concludes
>> Lee Hecht Harrison, a career services firm that tracked and surveyed
>> 2,000 job seekers from 1993 to 1996 (The Washington Post, March 30,
> BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1997:
>
> The 1998 revision of the CPI will narrow the gulf between the price
> measure and the actual cost of living, according to an article in BLS'
> "Monthly Labor Review", says the Daily Labor Report (page A-3, text
>
Laurence Shute wrote:
>Can anyone tell me why the thin Conference Board consumer survey (5 or 6
>questions?) is used so much, instead of the more extensive Michigan survey?
As far as I know, they tell almost exactly the same story, though the
Conference Board measure may be a bit more volatile.
...Consumers are
>> optimistic about the current business situation, as well as the
>> prospects for six months from now (Daily Report, page A-4;
>> Washington Post, page C12; New York Times, page D5; Wall Street
>> Journal, page A2).
> BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1997:
>
> President Clinton would like to correct cost-of-living adjustments so
> they accurately reflect inflation before balanced budget negotiations
> conclude this year, White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry said
> yesterday. Alth
/news.release/oshnews.htm.
Dave Richardson
BLS
> --
> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 1997 6:07 PM
> Subject: [PEN-L:9179] Re: FW: BLS Daily Report
>
> Very interesting. Does this mean that more manufacturing jobs are
> going
> abroad and that servic
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