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What to know about the Bureau of Labor Statistics and jobs report targeted by Trump
The Trump administration is scrutinizing the Bureau of Labor Statistics' employment data, key metrics that demonstrate the ...
Trump says the Bureau of Labor Statistics orchestrated a ‘scam.’ Here’s how the jobs report really works
President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that the massive revisions to the latest jobs report constituted a “scam.” ...
Trump fires labor statistics boss hours after the release of weak jobs report
Without evidence, Trump called the data "rigged" and implied that BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer manipulated the numbers ...
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How and why the Bureau of Labor Statistics revises U.S. job numbers
The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics regularly publishes a suite of reports and datasets that businesses, journalists, ...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics Is Not the Problem
Losing highly reliable, accurate and transparent data on the health of the world’s largest economy would be perilous.
Why it matters that Trump fired data chief
The US president fired Erika McEntarfer, head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, over job numbers. What’s the potential ...