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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, ...
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‘The neutrality of the agency has been eliminated:’ Stats-based feds decry BLS chief’s firing

Employees express concern Trump's firing of the commissioner, which followed a weak jobs report, will lead to future ...

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 ...

Former House Speaker Paul Ryan on Trump's tariff agenda, Fed independence and BLS chief's ouster

Paul Ryan, Solamere Capital partner, Teneo vice chairman and former House Speaker, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the state of ...

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 ...

Trump calls fired BLS commissioner's job numbers the 'biggest miscalculations in over 50 years'

U.S. President Donald Trump accused BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of faking employment data to all-time highs before the ...

Trump fired the BLS chief for a bad jobs report. Here’s how those numbers are gathered

The Bureau of Labor Statistics uses surveys to collect economic data including employment counts, wages and inflation.

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 ...

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 ...