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Uncurrent Events: Researching Racial Tensions and Labor Unrest in 1919 Chicago
October 13, 2020What impact does racial tension have on the economy? Learn more about the economic response to the 1919 race riots in Chicago. Read more
Staff Picks: The “Division of Negro Economics,” 1918-1921
February 21, 2018Learn about the history of a trailblazing WWI-era office of the department of labor and its researchers of African American economics. Read more
Staff Picks: BLS Unemployment Statistics
August 3, 2016A quick review of how the BLS defines and tracks unemployment and how it has changed over time. Read more
Staff Picks: 1979 BLS “Exploring Careers” Workbooks
July 6, 2016Learn more about the evolution of the working world in the 1979 Bureau of Labor Statistics workbook series “Exploring Careers.” Read more
Staff Picks: Bulletins of the Bureau of Labor Statistics
June 15, 2016The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Bulletins are a FRASER staff pick. With over 2,000 bulletins on labor, the workforce, and working conditions, BLS Bulletins are a valuable research asset. Read more
FRASER Features: The Employment Situation Report and Data Revisions
June 1, 2016Data are rarely “one and done”; many data series are revised. Capturing the initial information—plus all the revisions—is important. Use FRASER to see the initial data release. Read more
Staff Picks: BLS Women in Industry Series
March 16, 2016Included in the Bureau of Labor Statistics Bulletins on FRASER is the Women in Industry Series from the early 20th century. Read more
Staff Picks: A Memo from Miss Joy
March 2, 2016The Charles Hamlin papers include memos from Aryness Joy, an early Fed research assistant who helped create the cost-of-living index. Read more
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