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Trump had previously touted the May and June jobs reports as proof he was 'revitalizing the American economy.' The revised data bursts those boasts.
(CNN) — The bad news in last Friday’s jobs report may have been overshadowed when President Donald Trump fired the commissioner in charge of producing it. But economists haven’t forgotten about ...
Trump's firing of the BLS commissioner has raised fears that government employment data, used to make major economic policy decisions, will become politicized.
But Trump’s firing of the BLS chief escalated his administration’s attack on information. Though researchers who rely on ...
In case you had any doubt that it’s Donald “Economy Butcher” Trump who’s really trying to rig the economic numbers.
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Aug. 1, 2025, the day a poor jobs report ...
Although the U.S. saw disappointing results for employment in June, the healthcare sector saw reasonable gains that could potentially point to continued growth. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released ...
The BLS jobs survey is widely considered by economists to be robust. It samples more than 100,000 businesses and government ...
The former labor secretary calls Bureau of Labor Statistics “crown jewel” of government efforts to explain the economy.
July employment is up 1.0% from last July. The year-over-year change in employment has been running between 1.0% and 1.3% ...
The jobs report revisions that prompted Trump to fire the BLS commissioner were historically large. Here's why (Hint: it wasn't rigged data).
Firing Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer will taint any future jobs numbers coming from the agency, ...