New BLS Commissioner

Erica L. Groshen of New York was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on January 2nd as the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. She has served at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York since 1994, and is currently the vice president and economist in the Regional Analysis Function of the Research and Statistics Group. She also has held a number of other positions, including vice president and director of regional affairs in the Communications Group and assistant vice president in the Microeconomic and Regional Studies Function. She began her career at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Groshen, who earned her Ph.D. at Harvard, is a member of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Data Users' Advisory Committee.