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BLS Faces a ‘Slow-Moving Train Wreck’ in Collecting Data. There Are No Easy Fixes.

Recent payroll revisions have highlighted the challenges facing U.S. statistics agencies. Politics isn’t the issue, ...

After BLS firing, Trump leaves clean-up job to successor

The statistical agency's problems predate Trump, but experts say it can't be easily fixed without more resources ...

Joe challenges Bessent on BLS shake-up: 'What evidence is there?'

After months of delays and extensions, President Donald Trump’s comprehensive and sweeping tariffs slate took effect Thursday ...

Why the market is shrugging off Trump's firing of the BLS chief

Markets appear unfazed by Trump's shocking move to fire the BLS chief. Stronger rate-cut odds and solid earnings are helping ...

Help Wanted: A $195,000 Economist With More Than a Ph.D. to Run the BLS

The top job at the Bureau of Labor Statistics typically goes to an economist experienced in government or academia. Now it ...

Nebraska Republican faces rowdy town hall with questions about Epstein files and fired BLS chief

Audience members began yelling at Flood and booing him when he talked about Medicaid and the impact of Trump's sweeping ...

The BLS Faces a ‘Slow-Moving Train Wreck.’ There Are No Easy Fixes.

Recent payroll revisions have highlighted the challenges facing U.S. statistics agencies. Politics isn’t the issue, ...

Trump Fired the BLS Chief. He Was Right–But for All the Wrong Reasons

President Donald Trump fired the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Dr. Erika McEntarfer, stating, without ...
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‘Something Wrong Here’: Scott Bessent Says BLS Took ‘Lazy Way’ Of Collecting ‘Corrupted’ Data

Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent said during a “Morning Joe” interview Thursday that the Bureau of Labor Statistics ...