The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said in its employment report on Friday that it no longer plans to cut the sample size of the key labor market survey because of a recently passed continuity resolution that "allows the BLS to use funds from the Current Population Survey (CPS, also known as the household survey) at a faster rate." BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer first announced the plan to cut the sample size in June, citing budget constraints and declining response rates that make the surv...
The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS): Employment in the United States will increase by 1.3% in the year to March 2024.