Digging Into the Data - Understanding the Post-Shutdown Hole

Season 5, Episode 33: Welcome back to Keeping it Real with Dr. Kuehl. This week Dr. Kuehl talks about data.

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is back with his weekly economic update podcast. In Season 5, Episode 33 (8:20 in length), Dr. Kuehl talks to members about data - specifically the hole from the shutdown.

• What really happened in October?
• November data change - is it changed from October or really in November? Will we ever know?
• National data vs. regional data... what is more useful?
• ASA members should concentrate more on which data?
• Unemployment rate varies per state - why is that?
• Data is only as good as the collection - why is this hard?
• Lag in collection of data - does it always have to be revised?
• Caution on AI - why?
• How to get accurate information on data when it comes to AI?

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