JPMorgan, BlackRock Among BLS Economist’s CPI ‘Super Users’
- Records request shows correspondence about inflation details
- Economist sent emails to select group about rent, used cars
Economists have been clamoring to find out more about these “super users” after the BLS staffer addressed an email to those people in February.
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An economist from the Bureau of Labor Statistics corresponded on data related to a key US inflation gauge with major Wall Street firms like JPMorgan Chase & Co. and BlackRock Inc., raising questions about equitable access to economic information.
The BLS economist answered numerous inquiries about details within the consumer price index in recent months, mostly related to computations in key categories within shelter as well as used cars, according to records requested by Bloomberg.