Colorado’s employment reports are so unreliable the Bureau of Labor Statistics has stopped using them

The Denver Post: Colorado’s employment counts have become so unreliable the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in an unprecedented move, has stopped issuing reports based on them.

“BLS has observed data quality problems because of ongoing issues with the modernization of Colorado’s unemployment insurance system. As a result, BLS is temporarily suspending publication of Colorado employment, unemployment, and wage data,” the bureau said in a statement issued Dec. 18.

The suspension was made in a program called State and Metro Area Employment, Hours & Earnings. It follows an earlier decision by the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, or QCEW program, to suspend metro- and county-level reports, as well as industry-level reports, for Colorado.

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