20 Terms
Contributors in Labor statistics
Labor statistics
base period
Labor; Labor statistics
A point in time used as a reference point for comparison with some later period.
employer
Labor; Labor statistics
A person or business employing one or more persons for wages or salary; the legal entity responsible for payment of quarterly unemployment insurance taxes or for reimbursing the State fund for ...
industry
Labor; Labor statistics
A group of establishments that produce similar products or provide similar services. For example, all establishments that manufacture automobiles are in the same industry. A given industry, or even a ...
life insurance
Labor; Labor statistics
A contract that pays the beneficiary a set sum of money upon the death of the policyholder. These plans pay benefits usually in the form of a lump sum, but they may be distributed as an annuity.
import
Labor; Labor statistics
A good or service that is sold to a U. S. Resident from a foreign resident. Imports include government and nongovernment goods and services; however they exclude goods and services to the U. S. ...
series report
Labor; Labor statistics
A form-based application that uses BLS time series identifiers as input in extracting data from each survey-specific database according to a specified set of date ranges and output options.
producer price index (PPI)
Labor; Labor statistics
A family of indexes that measure the average change over time in selling prices received by domestic producers of goods and services. PPIs measure price change from the perspective of the seller. ...
