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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 ...
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‘The neutrality of the agency has been eliminated’: Stats-based feds decry BLS chief’s firing
Employees express concern Trump's firing of the commissioner, which followed a weak jobs report, will lead to future ...
Did DOGE contribute to the BLS jobs report that Trump hated? Economist Mark Zandi thinks so
Elon Musk’s DOGE may have completed much of its work in the federal bureaucracy, but the trickle-down effect from Musk’s ...
Why the B.L.S. Regularly Revises Jobs Data
President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics last week and described a jobs report that included a big ...
Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report
Trump removed the head of the agency producing monthly jobs figures after a report showed hiring slowed in July and was weak ...
July Jobs Report Shows Hiring Slowed: 5 Key Takeaways
The U.S. economy added 73,000 jobs in July, which is fewer than expected, as the unemployment rate increased to 4.2%.
Economists push back on Trump’s assertion that July jobs data was ‘rigged’
Labor economist Aaron Sojourner said President Donald Trump’s decision to fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner ...
The ‘Trust America’ Trade Is Under Threat. Why the Jobs Report, BLS Firing, and Fed Resignation Sparked Market Jitters.
A so-called “sell America” trade, which led in part to the weakest 7-month stretch for the dollar in five decades, developed ...