07-08-2025
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
The BLS Isn't Alone in Facing Data Challenges; U.K. Has Them Too
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is not the only data collector to have had problems with jobs numbers: for years, the U.K.'s main economic statistics agency has faced growing scrutiny about how it collects employment data.
In the U.K., however, criticism has been confined to questions of accuracy, rather than political motive.