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Friday May 8, 2026 8:30am - 9:15am EDT
The federal government regularly releases new economic data, giving enterprising reporters constant opportunities to interpret the figures and bring them to life. But doing so isn't always straightforward: Reporters must understand the data and its sources, know how it is used by various stakeholders and even know what to do when it temporarily becomes unavailable, as it has in a few recent instances during government shutdowns. Two seasoned economic reporters and Erika McEntarfer, labor economist and the former commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, discuss how to approach government data--or the lack thereof--to find big stories in plain sight. 
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Abha Bhattarai

Team Leader, Equality, Bloomberg News
Abha Bhattarai leads Equality coverage at Bloomberg, examining how power, wealth and bias shape the modern economy. She previously spent 16 years at The Washington Post, most recently as an economics correspondent. Her reporting on front-line workers during the pandemic earned a Gerald... Read More →
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Matt Grossman

Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
Matt Grossman covers economics for The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires. He writes about economic trends and policy developments and contributes to coverage of the Federal Reserve. Recent work has included a focus on how U.S. economic statistics are tabulated and the challenges... Read More →
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Erika McEntarfer

Policy fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Research
Erika is a Tad and Diane Taube Policy Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR). She most recently served as Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics and as a senior labor economist on the Council of Economic Advisors. She is an expert in US labor... Read More →
Friday May 8, 2026 8:30am - 9:15am EDT
Ormandy West, lobby level

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