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The White House is trying to change the conversation about Trump’s BLS scandal

President Donald Trump claims, without a shred of evidence, that the government’s premiere economic data operation ...
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Economist in Trump’s BLS fight: Job estimating due for revamp

President Trump fired the head of BLS after accusing the bureaucrat of revising downward recent monthly job tallies to make ...

Former BLS commissioner says there are better ways to collect data for jobs reports

Bureau of Labor Statistics faces scrutiny over data collection methods following disappointing July jobs report that missed ...

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, ...

The BLS does have a jobs data problem, but it's not what Trump says

President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the BLS after a disappointing jobs report. It likely won't help the data get ...

White House searches for a new BLS chief with 'credibility' and 'experience'

Trump fired the previous head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after he was unhappy with a weaker-than-expected July jobs ...

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 ...
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‘The neutrality of the agency has been eliminated’: Stats-based feds decry BLS chief’s firing

Employees express concern Trump's firing of the commissioner, which followed a weak jobs report, will lead to future ...