BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1996 The technical data consensus forecast is for an increase of 160,000 in payroll employment and a rise to 5.3 percent for the unemployment rate in September (Wall Street Journal, "Tracking the Economy," page A4). "Inflation Inflated," a column by George F. Will (Sept. 30, Newsweek, page 92), says that the "CPI exaggerates inflation, but a vast constituency prospers from the inaccuracy" .... DUE OUT TOMORROW: State and Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment: August 1996
