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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, ...
Trump’s labor statistics shake-up sparks anxiety over future economic data
President Trump’s firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) commissioner is raising concerns about whether her replacement could manipulate job numbers to work in his favor. The traditionally ...
Still no evidence from Trump White House that revised job numbers were "rigged"
President Trump on Monday continued to slam Erika McEntarfer, the former head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics who he fired, ...
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 ...
Joe: Trump “proves how wrong it was” to fire BLS chief with every comment
President Trump is facing criticism after firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics just hours after a disappointing ...
The BLS does have a jobs data problem, but it's not what Trump says
President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the BLS after a disappointing jobs report. It likely won't help the data get ...
Former head of BLS dismisses Trump claim of ‘rigged’ jobs report
President Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, claiming that last week’s jobs report “was rigged” ...