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President Donald Trump has summoned reporters to the Oval Office to present charts that he says shows the economy is solid.
Response rates to government surveys have plummeted since COVID, but experts say that doesn't mean the numbers are wrong ...
USAFacts, the nonpartisan nonprofit founded by Steve Ballmer, warns against politicizing government data after Trump fires ...
How exactly does the BLS assemble the critical jobs report? And what is the commissioner’s role? Here’s what we know.
President Donald Trump continues to claim without evidence that the jobs report was "totally rigged." ...
Trump abruptly fired Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer on Friday after the release of the report, ...
Thousands of invisible, far-reaching decisions flow from the stream of reports the BLS compiles. When faith in the government ...
President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that the massive revisions to the latest jobs report constituted a “scam.” ...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics uses surveys to collect economic data including employment counts, wages and inflation.
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Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan said there must be better ways to collect employment data after President Trump fired the ...
Trump fired Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer following a disappointing jobs report.