Using High-Frequency Data to Monitor Real-Time Labor Market Updates
The average time-lag is around 4 months across the Arab world between the publication of a labor force survey (LFS) and the measured time period, compared to a 3.5 week lag in countries such as Japan and the U.S. In Saudi Arabia, the LFS for Q4, 2022 still not been published as of March 29, 2023, nearly 3 months since the measurement period. This time-l…
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