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For years, the U.K.’s main economic statistics agency has faced growing scrutiny about how it collects employment data.
President Donald Trump fired the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Dr. Erika McEntarfer, stating, without ...
Thousands of invisible, far-reaching decisions flow from the stream of reports the BLS compiles. When faith in the government ...
Employees express concern Trump's firing of the commissioner, which followed a weak jobs report, will lead to future ...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics also produces the Consumer Price Index, used to calculated everything from 401(k) contribution ...
Trump fired the labor statistics chief and the markets shrugged. That’s concerning.
Hiring slowed sharply over the summer, federal government data showed. The jobs report came days after fresh gross domestic ...
The jobs report revisions that prompted Trump to fire the BLS commissioner were historically large. Here's why (Hint: it wasn ...
But Trump’s firing of the BLS chief escalated his administration’s attack on information. Though researchers who rely on ...
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will decide on a nominee to fill a coming vacancy on the Federal Reserve's ...
The former labor secretary calls Bureau of Labor Statistics “crown jewel” of government efforts to explain the economy.