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The Bureau of Labor Statistics has been thrust into the spotlight after President Trump criticized its federal jobs report ...
President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that the massive revisions to the latest jobs report constituted a “scam.” ...
An anemic July jobs report boosted expectations the Federal Reserve might lower interest rates in September. Trump said the ...
President Donald Trump fired the nation’s top labor statistics official over the weekend while igniting a political firestorm ...
President Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner on Friday. The reason cited, though it lacked evidence, was ...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics last week issued a steep downward revision to May and June's hiring numbers, prompting ...
Trump fired the Biden-appointed BLS head Erica McEntarfer Friday after June's revised jobs report showed little growth.
President Donald Trump has a pattern of dismissing or altering data that reflects poorly on him. During his first term, he ...
President Trump fired the BLS commissioner after a disappointing July jobs report. The BLS is an independent agency that operates under the Labor Department. BLS jobs data comes from surveys of U.S.
Most economists say that the Bureau of Labor Statistics is a nonpolitical agency staffed by people obsessed with getting the ...
William Beach, who was Trump’s first-term Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, called the firing “baseless” and “damaging” in a letter co-signed by Erica Groshen, who preceded Beach and was ...