Economist

The Bureau of Labor Statistics measures labor market activity, working conditions, price changes, and productivity in the U.S. economy to support public and private decision making.

The position is located in the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Prices and Living Conditions (OPLC), Division of Producer Price Index (PPI).

Duties

As an Economist with the Division of Producer Price Index (PPI) you will:

Conduct applied research and participate in studies designed to provide solutions to new and existing needs and problems in industry price measurement and price behavior analysis.

Review the collected data, price developments, and related factors for assigned areas of the PPI.

Develop data collection materials and methodologies for assigned areas of the PPI.

Develop or review hedonic models for application to Quality Adjustments in the PPI.

Assist staff in developing skills and knowledge of statistical techniques such as regression analysis.

Serve on or lead Project Teams.

Direct and participate in special projects to improve industry pricing methodology and to improve index quality.

Provide on-the-job training, mentoring, and technical expertise to staff as assigned.

Represent Section on high-level team working on development of program and program-related training for existing Branch of Industry Price (BIP) staff and new hires.

Responsible for ensuring that all standing pre-pricing production tasks for the Program are completed.

Utilize R, Python, SQL, and other programming languages to prepare and analyze data.