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Former BLS commissioner says there are better ways to collect data for jobs reports
Bureau of Labor Statistics faces scrutiny over data collection methods following disappointing July jobs report that missed ...
Ballmer’s USAFacts warns against politicizing data after Trump fires BLS chief over jobs report
USAFacts, the nonpartisan group founded by Steve Ballmer, warns against politicizing government data after Trump fires the ...
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How and why the Bureau of Labor Statistics revises U.S. job numbers
The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics regularly publishes a suite of reports and datasets that businesses, journalists, ...
New York Magazine7dOpinion
Trump Fires BLS Commissioner Over Bad Jobs Report: How It Happened
When the economic news is bad, Trump thinks he can just shoot the messenger. Here’s how the firing played out, as well as ...
Trump doubles down on his decision to fire BLS chief after disappointing jobs report
President Donald Trump continues to claim without evidence that the jobs report was "totally rigged." ...
Bank of America's CEO responds to weak jobs report that spurred Trump firing of BLS chief
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan said there must be better ways to collect employment data after President Trump fired the ...
Trump fires BLS commissioner after weak jobs report and baseless claim of 'faked' stats
President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday after a new jobs report showed a ...
Bessent: How Can The Fed Set Rates When Jobs Data Is This Broken? "This Was A Five Standard Deviation Mistake"
Treasury Secretary Bessent defended President Trump's decision to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) head Erika McEntarfer after unprecedented downward revisions to May and June jobs figures ...