Methods the Bureau of Labor Statistics Uses to Arrive at Unemployment Percentages

HRD-77-39 Published: Jan 26, 1977. Publicly Released: Nov 05, 1982.

Highlights

Actual and probable inaccuracies are contained in the data and mathematical relationships the Bureau of Labor Statistics uses to arrive at unemployment percentages.

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