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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 ...

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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Former BLS commissioner says it’s not possible to rig jobs numbers

On Friday, President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Erika McEntarfer, after the July jobs report ...

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 ...

Fact check: Trump’s claim that pre-election jobs revisions helped Democrats

The jobs report for July revealed that some 258,000 fewer jobs were added in May and June than previously reported.

‘Trust America’ Trade 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 ...

White House Says Terrible Jobs Data 'Must Be a Typo'

The White House believes unusual jobs data revisions prove the recently fired Bureau of Labor chief was manipulating statistics.

Summers on BLS commissioner firing: ‘Way beyond anything that Richard Nixon ever did’

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers on Sunday said President Trump’s decision to fire the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics following a dismal jobs report is “way ...