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The Bureau of Labor Statistics' jobs report revisions are standard practice to improve data accuracy as more businesses ...
President Donald Trump said that he would fill two key leadership positions with significant oversight of the US economy as ...
Opinion: The flexibility of the U.S. labor market means that it has shrugged off many waves of technological change.
Donald Trump’s abrupt firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer after a weak July jobs report has ...
On Friday, August 1, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) delivered a disappointing jobs report. And President Donald ...
Economists and Wall Street investors have long considered the job figures reliable, with share prices and bond yields often ...
"Firing the labor statistician delivering the data is akin to breaking the thermometer because of a heat wave," John Rash writes.
Trump’s knee-jerk response to troublesome data is to deny it. He has eliminated climate change and disease statistics that contradict his views.
Big question marks still loom for the Fed, and while the jobs report last Friday was weak, the unemployment rate remains low.
Trump’s attempt to bury unflattering information serves as a diversion from what could be a looming economic storm. Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, says he believes the “economy is ...
Trump has long touted that he helped secure the 2028 Olympics in the U.S. during his first term and has expressed his ...
Since his return to office, President Trump has waged something of a pressure campaign on economic data and the people in charge of delivering it. His firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics ...