INFO 4470/ILRLE 4470 Social and Economic Data Introduction John M. Abowd and Lars Vilhuber January 24, 2011
Unemployment Important economic indicator Based on survey (CPS) data Monthly official releases Several definitions, but one core definition Boring data....
News releases
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics tm tm
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Adding more details Unemployment rate varies widely by Demographic groups (men, women, young, old) Industry, Occupation (in last job) Geography → Local Area Unemployment Statistics
LAUS
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GeoFRED
GeoFRED
GeoFRED or... make a movie
FRED Online database of economic indicators maintained by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Defined API for web services See