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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is one of those rare corners of government that is indispensable and should be dull.
Macro investors are trying to make sense of President Donald Trump's Bureau of Labor Statistics plan.
E.J. Antoni, tapped by President Trump to serve as the nation’s top economic data official, appears in Capitol Police ...
Political pressure on government statisticians and private forecasters risks sending markets down a rabbit-hole, which could ...
E.J. Antoni, the conservative economist President Donald Trump named Monday as his pick to lead the nonpartisan Bureau of ...
McEntarfer was confirmed by a broad bipartisan vote of 86 "yes" votes to 8 "no"s in January 2024. Current Vice President JD ...
Fewer than half of the businesses asked to participate in jobs surveys actually answer. That can lead to biased data.
The story of President Donald Trump’s first seven months back in office is the consolidation of power. He has bulldozed the ...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended releasing monthly jobs reports amid accuracy concerns, emphasizing the need for ...
The BLS has failed to modernize, and its methods are deficient. The jobs number and its revisions do not meet accepted ...
Donald Trump got some positive economic data — even if dissing the July jobs report and firing the BLS head may have cost him ...