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The Effects of Sequestrationon Economic Statistics
Surviving the Loss of Public data
Suzan Reagan, Sr. Program Mgr. Data Bank
November 13, 2013
Sequestration – Related Budget Cuts
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)• 3 programs
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)• 3 programs
Energy Information Administration (EIA)• 2 programs
US Department of Agriculture• 2 programs
US Census Bureau• 5 programs
15 public
data sources
effected!
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
• Metropolitan & County personal income statistics.
• Alternate source: QCEW average weekly wage.
Local Area Personal Income Statistics (LAPD)
• Modeling estimates for private sector, Federal, State & local Government.
• Alternate source: Private estimates IMPLAN
Regional Input-Output Modeling System (RIMS)
• Data for multinational companies, offshoring and impact of global value chains for measuring economic activity.
• Alternate source: International data
Foreign Direct Investment Analytical
Products
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
• Demographic & other stats on major job cutbacks.
• Alternate source: UI claims ETA
Mass Layoff Statistics Program
(MLS)
• Special employer surveys (OES) & Career information products.
• Alternate source: none
Measuring Green Jobs
• Adjusted foreign data to common definitions & classifications.
• Alternate source: International data
International Labor Comparisons Program (ILC)
International Data Sources• European Union: Eurostat http://ec.europa.eu/ • Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) http://www.fao.org/home/en/ • International Energy Agency (IEA) http://www.iea.org/ • International Labour Organization (ILO) http://www.ilo.org/global/lang--en/index.htm • LABORSTA (ILO) http://laborsta.ilo.org/ • United Nations Statistics Programmes http://laborsta.ilo.org/links_E.html • Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
http://www.oecd.org/ • United Nations Statistical Division http://unstats.un.org/unsd/default.htm • UN Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE) Statistical Division
http://www.unece.org/ • World Health Organization Statistical Information
http://www.who.int/gho/en/
Energy Information Administration (EIA)
• Annual publication with energy consumption included petroleum, natural gas, coal, electricity, nuclear, & renewable energy statistics.
• Alternate Source:
Annual Energy Review
• Delayed data and upgrades to system included weekly petroleum & natural gas statistics.
• Alternate Source:
Residential Energy
Consumption Survey (RECS)
US Department of Agriculture
• Surveys & Reports• Alternative source: www.agricola.com
National Agricultural
Statistics Service (NASS)
• Agricultural Productivity in the US• County-Level data sets (County look-Up
Tables)• Alternative source: State & local
agriculture cooperatives
Economic Research
Service (ERS)
US Census Bureau
• 6 month delay delivery of over 1,600 products from the 2012 Economic Census.Economic Census
• Reduction in infrastructure upgrades, program management, and research.
American Community Survey
• Implementation of new supplemental poverty measures.• Delay data releases for the 2014 panel of the Survey of Income and
program participation.
Demographic Program
• Loss of planned research and testing for 2020.• Delay of preparatory work for the field test.• Delay of 2020 design decisions.
2020 Decennial Census Program
• Delay in 2020 Census address canvassing.Geographic
Support Program
Census Data Alternative websites
• Missouri Census Data Center http://mcdc.missouri.edu/
• Stats America http://www.statsamerica.org/ • National Historical Geographic Information System
https://www.nhgis.org/ • Minnesota Population Center IPUMS https://
usa.ipums.org/usa/index.shtml • Census Reporter http://beta.censusreporter.org/
What is the big deal? It’s just data anyway.
Informed Decision Making
Quantified observations
Identify resources
Understand complex systems
Share data
Why data is important!
Data Sources
PublicPrivate
Issues:Methodology - accepted statistical practices and available for reviewData – quality & comparable across geographiesSurveys & Census - sample sizes and response ratesCost & Sharing - data collection and access & Available to public programs without additional costAcademic – replicate and verification
Thank You!
Suzan ReaganPhone: 277-3038Email: [email protected] of New Mexico1919 Las Lomas NEMSC06 3510Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001