One area that appears to be picking up steam is market participants increasingly seeking out alternative non-government published data to inform real time indicators on the health of the US economy, jobs, and inflation.
There are many reasons alternative data sources are picking up importance including declining survey participation rates, significant and material revisions of prior published data, revisions to weightings or calculation methodologies, among others.
In particular, the steady structural decline over the past decade of survey responses can lead to inaccurate signals and conclusions with high error rates.
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