Haltom, Nicholas L.; Mitchell, Vanessa D.; Tallman, Ellis W. - In: Economic Review (2005) Q 2, pp. 1-23
During the recovery from the 2001 recession, the business press and economic analysts used payroll employment data released monthly by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) as evidence of protracted weakness in the labor market. But using these monthly releases for this type of analysis can...