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How is Bureau of Labor Statistics data collected, and why is Trump targeting it?
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has been thrust into the spotlight after President Trump criticized its federal jobs report ...
The BLS does have a jobs data problem, but it's not what Trump says
President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the BLS after a disappointing jobs report. It likely won't help the data get ...
Trump’s labor statistics shake-up sparks anxiety over future economic data
President Trump’s firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) commissioner is raising concerns about whether her ...
A former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner on the firing of BLS head
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erica Groshen about the firing of one of her successors over the latest jobs numbers.
‘Not possible’ for commissioner to have ‘influence’ over labor data: Fmr. BLS Chief William Beach
Former Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner William Beach joins Meet the Press NOW to react to President Trump’s decision ...
Labor Department Skirts Senators’ Questions on Inflation Data
A group of Democratic senators pressed the Labor Department in June over concerns about missing data in the survey behind ...
US Job Growth Slowed In July
The U. S. economy added 73,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in July, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor ...
Jobs data revisions are common. Here's how the process works.
President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, claiming that last week’s jobs report “was ...