The latest New Bazaar features my chat with Martha Gimbel and Gopi Shah Goda about their time inside Council of Economic Advisers, including their toughest projects, academia vs policy work, and some common misconceptions. Plus Martha finally clears up GDP Chartgate! bazaaraudio.com/the-new-bazaar…

This is a terrific opportunity to advise the Director of the Census Bureau -- and make a difference helping to maintain the quality of Census data products and make them even better. Strongly encourage Census data experts to apply.

📷 Call for papers, for more details see sites.google.com/view/mppconfer…

Winter 2024 Journal of Economic Perspectives Free Online dlvr.it/T2Tcyp

Reasons for declining dynamism in US establishments include changes in profit processes, increased impatience, market power, and adjustment costs. Increased adjustment costs account for much of the reduction, from Cooper, John Haltiwanger, and Willis nber.org/papers/w32130

Released today is Census BTOS data and working paper on AI use by businesses in real time (September 2023-February 2024). Working paper can be found at: census.gov/library/workin… AI use for business purposes remains relatively small but growing. Higher at larger businesses:

Employment and wages in the path of the April 8 solar eclipse bls.gov/opub/ted/2024/… #BLSdata

Oops I did it again 🤭 #TotalSolarEclipse

An excellent interview with Martha Gimbel, about how academics on detail to CEA balance rigor and utility in advising the president and other senior officials

Has the pandemic-era surge in business entry been limited to "lifestyle" entrepreneurs and "mom n pop shops" with little growth potential, or has it featured the kinds of high tech investments that are important for innovation and productivity growth? federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/…

Have been wondering if the post pandemic burst in labor reallocation and above trend US labor productivity are connected, see I am not the only one federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/… via @FederalReserve

Giant pandas are returning to D.C.’s National Zoo! Bao Li and Qing Bao. washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

The Federal Register Notice for comments on potential revisions to occupation codes used by statistical agencies (Standard Occupational Classification, or SOC) is up. federalregister.gov/documents/2024…

Heads Up: here's BLS-Labor Statistics's explanation to The Times on the question of the hurricane's impact on today's jobs data: "Hurricane Beryl had no discernible effect on national unemployment data." more below: