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On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released a jobs report that upended the narrative pundits, journalists, government ...
Last week, President Trump fired the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics in apparent retaliation for weak jobs ...
The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits rose modestly last week, a sign that employers still retaining workers ...
Revisions are a normal part of the jobs report process. After the report comes out, revisions are later released to include additional information not available at the time of the initial release. For ...
Response rates to government surveys have plummeted since COVID, but experts say that doesn't mean the numbers are wrong ...
A much smaller group of a dozen or fewer people then prepare the employment report. They lock the numbers into the BLS system and on the Wednesday before the report is published, the commissioner is ...
As with the BLS, a lack of resources is one problem. In his February testimony, Diamond said the surge in inflation from 2021 had forced the ONS to make big savings in order to cover pay rises that ...
The monthly jobs report is already closely-watched on Wall Street and in Washington but has taken on a new importance after ...
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich on Tuesday tore apart President Donald Trump for firing the head of the Bureau of Labor ...
House Democrats asked for a congressional hearing on President Donald Trump's decision to fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika McEntarfer.
Trump has a go-to playbook if the numbers reveal uncomfortable realities, and that’s to discredit or conceal the figures and ...