Erika McEntarfer
Former head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Ex-Council of Economic Advisers, Census, Treasury. Current: Distinguished policy fellow at Stanford/SIEPR. Opinions my own.
- Since finsky's data-watchers have some extra time on their hands in advance of the CES benchmark revision, let me recommend this video explainer BLS released last February: www.bls.gov/video/?video...
- This webinar is part of a internal campaign within BLS to make CES revisions more transparent to the public. It's 30-minutes; the first half is an overview of monthly and benchmark revisions and the second half a detailed breakdown of the sources of last year's benchmark revision.
- I find John's walk-through here easier to digest than reading through the handbook of methods, and the second half of the talk is a great breakdown of the benchmark revision last year. Since the preliminary benchmark release suggests a similarly large revision this year, it's a good review.
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- These are challenging times for writing an economic policy look-ahead for 2026, but we did our best. Key issues to keep an eye on for the year ahead: AI, the labor market, and rising health care and energy costs.
- 🧵New SIEPR Policy Brief looks at the U.S. #economy's biggest risks and opportunities to shed light on what could go right or wrong in 2026, from SIEPR's Jared Bernstein @jaredb-econ.bsky.social, Ryan Cummings @weakinstrument.bsky.social, @nealemahoney.bsky.social and Erika McEntarfer. Read in link 👇
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- Seems like it's just network effects? Been here so long I remember when 10 likes was considered a 'hot' post, and it's been interesting to see the new communities form here. Finsky is great and seems like it hardly existed a year or so ago.
