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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, ...
Joe challenges Bessent on BLS shake-up: 'What evidence is there?'
After months of delays and extensions, President Donald Trump’s comprehensive and sweeping tariffs slate took effect Thursday ...
After BLS firing, Trump leaves clean-up job to successor
The statistical agency's problems predate Trump, but experts say it can't be easily fixed without more resources ...
Why the market is shrugging off Trump's firing of the BLS chief
Markets appear unfazed by Trump's shocking move to fire the BLS chief. Stronger rate-cut odds and solid earnings are helping ...
Revisions are a common feature of any jobs report says former BLS commissioner
While the downward revision of May and June payroll growth by 258,000 marked the largest two-month downward revision to the ...
After Trump sacks BLS boss, Democrats fear these seven words the most
President Trump's declaration that "we need people that we can trust" after his firing of the BLS commissioner has left ...
Help Wanted: A $195,000 Economist With More Than a Ph.D. to Run the BLS
The top job at the Bureau of Labor Statistics typically goes to an economist experienced in government or academia. Now it ...
The BLS Faces a ‘Slow-Moving Train Wreck.’ There Are No Easy Fixes.
Recent payroll revisions have highlighted the challenges facing U.S. statistics agencies. Politics isn’t the issue, ...
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‘Something Wrong Here’: Scott Bessent Says BLS Took ‘Lazy Way’ Of Collecting ‘Corrupted’ Data
Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent said during a “Morning Joe” interview Thursday that the Bureau of Labor Statistics ...