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President Donald Trump fired the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Dr. Erika McEntarfer, stating, without ...
This isn’t the first time the BLS commissioner aroused presidential ire. But at least Nixon faced constraints.
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 Trump’s firing of Commissioner of Labor Statistics Erika McEntarfer last Friday brought into laser focus how willing he ...
Last week, President Trump fired the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics in apparent retaliation for weak jobs ...
President Trump's firing of the BLS director undermines trust in U.S. economic data, increasing uncertainty for investors.
Trump fired the labor statistics chief and the markets shrugged. That’s concerning.
Households may notice price increases from his tariffs long before official statistics catch up.
Treasury Secretary Bessent defended President Trump's decision to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) head Erika McEntarfer after unprecedented downward revisions to May and June jobs figures ...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics, the CBO, and the Fed are far from perfect. But the U.S. needs a statistical system that is ...
A former Federal Reserve official gets candid about Trump’s firing of the BLS chief.