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Did DOGE contribute to the BLS jobs report that Trump hated? Economist Mark Zandi thinks so
E lon Musk’s DOGE may have completed much of its work in the federal bureaucracy, but the trickle-down effect from Musk’s ...
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 ...
How US jobs data is collected — and why it's regularly revised
The Bureau of Labor Statistics regularly revises its estimates based on survey responses from thousands of US employers. Here ...
The ‘Trust America’ Trade Is Under Threat. Why the Jobs Report, BLS Firing, and Fed Resignation Sparked Market Jitters.
The stock market did a nosedive on Friday on worries that the U.S. economy may be weaker than previously thought and that ...
Fact check: Trump’s claim that pre-election jobs revisions helped Democrats
The jobs report for July revealed that some 258,000 fewer jobs were added in May and June than previously reported.
White House Says Terrible Jobs Data 'Must Be a Typo'
The White House believes unusual jobs data revisions prove the recently fired Bureau of Labor chief was manipulating statistics.
Trump says he'll name people to 2 jobs closely watched by Wall Street
The president fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner on Friday after poor job numbers. A Federal Reserve governor ...
Trump fires BLS commissioner after U.S. added only 73,000 jobs in July
Jobs growth was slower than expected in July, and the unemployment rate rose, showing signs of trouble for the labor market.