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• The U.S. economy to 2016: slower growth as boomers begin to retire

  - 2007-11-01

  Real GDP growth is expected to average 2.8 percent a year over the next decade, less than its previous 10-year trend, while productivity growth is expected to slow as well; continued increases in defense spending and strong foreign markets also characterize the outlook for the coming decade ********** ...

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• The U.S. economy to 2012: signs of growth: based on the assumptions used in developing economic projections, real GDP is expected to grow during the next decade, while productivity remains strong and inflation remains stable

  - 2004-02-01

  Every 2 years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics prepares a set of projected U.S. economic factors that form the basis for the employment projections program. This article presents the projections of U.S. economic factors that underlie the 2002-12 employment projections. This set of aggregate economic projections presents some unique challenges....

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• U.S. economic performance relative to other group of seven members

  - 2004-01-01

  Economic Growth The real gross domestic product GDP of the United States--the output of goods and services produced in the United States measured in 1996 prices--increased at an annual rate of 4.0 percent in the fourth quarter of 2003, compared with 8.2 percent growth in the third quarter, according...

  Tags: Bureau of Labor Statistics, compensation, manufacturing, OECD, productivity, U.S.

• The data aren't quite ready yet.(Slants & Trends)

  - 2004-01-01

  THE DATA AREN'T QUITE READY YET, but next month, the Department of Commerce will update its employment projections for the decade, including the still-growing IT field. Although the Bureau of Labor Statistics' BLS forecast does not get down to individual jobs, everyone expects the leading job-growth...

  Tags: Bureau of Labor Statistics, PRODUCTIVITY, Strategy, U.S. Department of Commerce

• The U.S. economy to 2010: domestic growth with continued high productivity, low unemployment rates, and strong foreign markets characterize the expected outlook for the coming decade

  - 2001-11-01

  The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS, the Bureau) projections for the U.S. economy during the 2000-10 decade reflect continued growth. Gross domestic product GDP is expected to reach $12.8 trillion in chained 1996 dollars by the end of the decade, an increase of $3.6 trillion over the period. (1) Rising...

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• The Challenge of Measuring and Modeling a Dynamic Economy

  - 2001-04-01

  There is a trade-off between better data and better analysis in the allocation of scarce economic research resources. Although great strides have been made in econometric models, their use as predictive devices does not seem to be superior to simple, reduced-form models, even though they have provided valuable insights into...

  Tags: analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics, computer, Federal Reserve Board, modeling, PRODUCTIVITY, semiconductor, technique

• Economic Time-Series Page.(Brief Article)

  - 2000-06-22

  URL: http://www.Economagic.com The Economagic Web site is a comprehensive site of free, easily available economic time-series data useful for research and instruction. The database currently contains a wide variety of more than 100,000 economic data series collected from sources including the Federal Reserve...

  Tags: Banking, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Databases, HARDWARE, PRODUCTIVITY, SOFTWARE, Storage, U.S. Department of Commerce

• 1990s AD - Decade

  - 2000-03-01

  Aviation employment and business activities increased massively for decades, but growth slowed in the '90s Commercial air transportation has grown rapidly in the United States since 1938 or earlier.(1) The most significant reason for such growth is probably that air travel has become almost continuously more affordable. Ticket prices...

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• The accuracy of the BLS productivity measures - Bureau of Labor Statistics

  - 1999-02-01

  Overall productivity growth may be somewhat underestimated; despite continued progress, measurement and conceptual barriers remain The Bureau of Labor Statistics has made sustained efforts to improve its productivity measures. The goals of these efforts have been to enhance the reliability of the measures; to facilitate analysis of economic performance;...

  Tags: banking, BEA Systems Inc., Brookings Institution, BUREAU, Bureau of Labor Statistics, manufacturing, productivity, Strategy

• Human Error Leads to Early Posting of Results on Web Sites.

  - 1998-11-05

  Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 6--Computer message for the Labor Department: you've got leaks! Top-secret statistics on the nation's labor market -- due to have been kept under lock and key until precisely 8:30 this morning -- were instead mistakenly posted...

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