Let me add one more glaring item: Eldercare.

Home health care for the elderly soared +14.2% in the past year --> The largest increase EVER

Consumer prices rose 0.4 percent in March and were up 3.5 percent from a year earlier. “Core” prices (excluding food and fuel) were up 0.4 percent from February and 3.8 percent from March 2022.
Data: bls.gov/news.release/c…
Full coverage: nytimes.com/live/2024/04/1…

Just realized that I am very invested in the clouds not covering the sun so that I can have a clear view of the moon... covering the sun.

Remembering The Wall Street Journal's Cathy Panagoulias: Lauren Tara LaCapra, Ben Casselman, Nikki Waller, @ethanWSJ, Raju Narisetti, Bourree Lam, Candace Jackson, jim carlton, Raymund Flandez and Conor Dougherty share what she meant to them. talkingbiznews.com/media-news/rem…

Great thread about a great person.

Julia Coronado Ben Casselman BLS-Labor Statistics Final quote from Omair best sums it up. They are overwhelmed. The employee created a list to handle those with the highest volume of questions where topics intersected. Doesn't make it right, but seems like this story is hugely overblown.

Ben Casselman BLS-Labor Statistics The more relevant back story is that even as public data are more and more valued the BLS is underfunded and understaffed and those trying to be good public servants are stretched to breaking point. Could they have managed this process better? Yes! But they would need resources…

Ben Casselman This is frustrating. You make this out to be some scandal when the truth is that some people are just more interested in deep details & the BLS-Labor Statistics was just being helpful & transparent. If you peppered them w/ questions you got answers which is what public service is about!

Ben Casselman And 72% of 6-month job growth