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The “power and the curse” of high-frequency data

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst

Sep 21, 2021

Employee timecard data can hint at what’s happening in the labor market in real time, but drawing conclusions takes nuance.

A waiter works in a nearly empty restaurant in New York. Among the businesses tracked by Homebase, which makes employee scheduling and timecard software, the number of employees working has declined over the past two months.

Spencer Platt via Getty Images

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