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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is one of those rare corners of government that is indispensable and should be dull.
Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics has a giant picture of Adolf Hitler’s favorite battleship in ...
Political pressure on government statisticians and private forecasters risks sending markets down a rabbit-hole, which could ...
Government data is now in question. Here's where macro investors are turning to fill the gaps. The firing of the BLS head by President Donald Trump has spooked some macro investors. Trump's nomination ...
Political pressure on government statisticians and private forecasters risks sending markets down a rabbit-hole, which could ...
The appointment of E. J. Antoni, to what is supposedly a non-partisan position in the administration, is another significant ...
Trump has selected E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, to be the next commissioner at the ...
Fewer than half of the businesses asked to participate in jobs surveys actually answer. That can lead to biased data.
The BLS has failed to modernize, and its methods are deficient. The jobs number and its revisions do not meet accepted ...
Donald Trump got some positive economic data — even if dissing the July jobs report and firing the BLS head may have cost him ...
Trump's job creation is so bad that he wants the BLS to issue a jobs report quarterly instead of monthly, as if that's gonna help.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended releasing monthly jobs reports amid accuracy concerns, emphasizing the need for ...