4 years ago
A ‘misclassification error’ made the May unemployment rate look better than it is. Here’s what happened.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics said the unemployment rate would likely be 16.3 percent, not 13.3 percent, if not for the misclassification of a large number of workers as 'absent' from work instead of temporarily laid off.
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