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BLS Faces a ‘Slow-Moving Train Wreck’ in Collecting Data. There Are No Easy Fixes.
Recent payroll revisions have highlighted the challenges facing U.S. statistics agencies. Politics isn’t the issue, ...
Who is Erika McEntarfer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner fired by Trump?
Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, has been fired after releasing a jobs report that ...
Get the Facts: How Bureau of Labor Statistics reports influence U.S. economy
The Bureau of Labor Statistics plays a crucial role in shaping U.S. economic policy through its reports, which can influence ...
‘Not possible’ for commissioner to have ‘influence’ over labor data: Fmr. BLS Chief William Beach
Former Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner William Beach joins Meet the Press NOW to react to President Trump’s decision ...
Labor Department Skirts Senators’ Questions on Inflation Data
A group of Democratic senators pressed the Labor Department in June over concerns about missing data in the survey behind ...
US Job Growth Slowed In July
The U. S. economy added 73,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in July, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor ...
US labour data agency was teetering even before Donald Trump fired its chief
Donald Trump’s firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics has exposed deepening fissures within a data agency vital ...
Trump’s Firing of BLS Chief Carries Big Risks, Experts Warn
After President Donald Trump unceremoniously fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics following Friday’s ...