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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 interference with their work.

Wall Street Journal · 1d

Trump’s Firing of BLS Chief Prompts Democrats to Propose Bill Protecting Stats-Agency Heads

The bill’s path forward is doubtful given that it would need to earn at least some Republican support in the Republican-controlled House and Senate.

Washington Examiner · 2h

GOP mocks House Democrats’ request for a hearing on why Trump fired the BLS commissioner

House Democrats asked for a congressional hearing on President Donald Trump's decision to fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika McEntarfer.

BLS does have a jobs data problem

Politico on MSN · 12h

How to Know When to Freak Out about Data Manipulation at BLS

Victoria Guida is an economics correspondent at POLITICO and author of Capital Letter, a reported column that probes policies shaping the American economy and is closely read by policymakers and business executives.

Insider on MSN · 1d

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 better.

The Week US on MSN · 2d

Trump criticized for firing BLS chief after jobs report

Bureau of Labor Statistics chief Erika McEntarfer oversaw a July jobs report that the president claims was rigged

19hon MSN

BLS Faces a ‘Slow-Moving Train Wreck’ in Collecting Data. There Are No Easy Fixes.

Recent payroll revisions have highlighted the challenges facing U.S. statistics agencies. Politics isn’t the issue, ...

1don MSN

After BLS firing, Trump leaves clean-up job to successor

The statistical agency's problems predate Trump, but experts say it can't be easily fixed without more resources ...

2don MSN

Why the market is shrugging off Trump's firing of the BLS chief

Markets appear unfazed by Trump's shocking move to fire the BLS chief. Stronger rate-cut odds and solid earnings are helping ...

11hon MSN

Former House Speaker Paul Ryan on Trump's tariff agenda, Fed independence and BLS chief's ouster

Paul Ryan, Solamere Capital partner, Teneo vice chairman and former House Speaker, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the state of ...

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Trump calls fired BLS commissioner's job numbers the 'biggest miscalculations in over 50 years'

U.S. President Donald Trump accused BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of faking employment data to all-time highs before the ...

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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Revisions are a common feature of any jobs report says former BLS commissioner

While the downward revision of May and June payroll growth by 258,000 marked the largest two-month downward revision to the ...

The ripple effects of the BLS firing

Janet Yellen, the former Treasury secretary and chair of the Federal Reserve, described the firing to the New York Times as “ the kind of thing you would only expect to see in a banana republic .” ...

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