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After six months of haranguing the Federal Reserve to slash the federal funds rate despite a persistently strong economy, ...
On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released a jobs report that upended the narrative pundits, journalists, government ...
The president attempted to tell a different story about the U.S. economy than what the latest job report revealed. President ...
Bureau of Labor Statistics faces scrutiny over data collection methods following disappointing July jobs report that missed economist estimates by 37,000 positions.
Government employees will be afraid to release any numbers unfavorable to the president — it’s either you lie or you get ...
PROVIDENCE — US Senator Jack Reed is calling for a special investigation into President Trump’s abrupt firing of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics following a weaker-than-expected ...
President Donald Trump unexpectedly summoned reporters to the Oval Office on Thursday to present them with charts that he ...
Response rates to government surveys have plummeted since COVID, but experts say that doesn't mean the numbers are wrong ...
Trump’s reaction to July’s jobs report created a whole new controversy. Can Congress’ new normal be disrupted? Plus, KCRW ...
How exactly does the BLS assemble the critical jobs report? And what is the commissioner’s role? Here’s what we know.
During an Oval Office meeting, pro-Trump economist Steve Moore said the president made the right call to fire the head of Bureau of Labor Statistics given faulty jobs projections.