Every Month When the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Announces

Multiple Choice

Every month when the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announces the unemployment rate, it also announces the number of jobs the economy has gained or lost. Where does the BLS get the data about jobs?

A) from the survey of 60,000 households, which is called the Current Population Survey
B) from the Establishment Survey that measures both frictional and structural unemployment
C) from the survey of 160,000 business that have over 40 million workers on their payrolls
D) from the Congressional Budget Office, which also calculates the GDP of the United States