Bill Beach on the Future of United States’ Economic Statistics and Fiscal Position | Macro Musings

Bill Beach is the former commissioner of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and the current executive director of the Fiscal Lab on Capitol Hill. In Bill’s first appearance on the show he discusses a career in and around public service, the important niche his new organization fills, the frightening fiscal outlook of the United States, exactly how long we have before Social Security runs out, why he believes it will take lots of small changes instead of a big one to fix our fiscal outlook, the important role of the BLS, why our statistical methods needs reform, the most underrated economic statistical indicators, and much more.

Recorded April 15th, 2026

Transcript and links: https://www.mercatus.org/macro-musings/bill-beach-future-united-states-economic-statistics-and-fiscal-position

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Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Bill’s Career
00:10:33 - Fiscal Lab on Capitol Hill
00:18:12 - Fiscal Challenges of the United States
00:32:13 - Surveys from Bureau of Labor Statistics
00:46:26 - Challenges to Survey Work

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