3 h. ago Trump’s pick to head Bureau of Labor Statistics walks back his earlier plan to scrap monthly jobs reports

EJ Antoni first made the suggestion before Trump tapped him to lead the BLS

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13 h. ago Core inflation jumps as consumers face higher prices as Trump’s tariffs start to take effect

The report is the first major economic indicator report since Trump fired the the chief statistician for the Bureau of Labor Statistics

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5 d. ago Trump’s attack on stats agency echoes strongmen leaders, economists say

President’s decision to fire head of Bureau of Labor Statistics puts data at risk, survey shows

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6 d. ago US labour data agency was teetering even before Trump fired its chief

Funding and staff cuts have hampered the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ ability to collate vital reports

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7 d. ago Donald Trump’s attack on US labour statistics agency spooks investors

President’s decision to sack Bureau of Labor Statistics chief undermines faith in official data, economists warn

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7 d. ago Trump’s attack on US labour statistics agency spooks investors

President’s decision to sack Bureau of Labor Statistics chief undermines faith in official data, economists warn

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7 d. ago Stephen Colbert: ‘What you thought you knew is just history’

Late-night hosts discuss Trump administration’s erasure of US history and attempts to cover up bad numbers from the Bureau of Labor StatisticsLate-night hosts dig into Donald Trump’s firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner and an unnerving story about radioactive wasps. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago I was the US labor secretary. Trump’s latest firing undermines a key agency | Robert Reich

The firing of Erika McEntarfer, head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, destroys the credibility of essential informationI spent much of the 1990s as the secretary of labor. One unit of the labor department is the Bureau of Labor Statistics.I was instructed by my predecessors as well as by the White House, and by every labor economist and statistician I came in contact with, that one of my cardinal responsibilities was to guard the independence of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Trump firing of labor statistics chief ‘undermines credibility’, ex

Former commissioners call on Congress to act after Trump fires Erika McEntarfer over ‘rigged’ employment dataThe former Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) commissioners and non-partisan economic groups have criticized Donald Trump’s shock firing of BLS commissioner Erika McEntarfer after the July jobs report data revealed jobs growth stalled this summer.Trump, without any evidence to back his claims, alleged McEntarfer “faked” employment numbers in the run-up to the 2024 election to boost Kamala Harris’s chances and said that the recent data was “rigged” to make Trump and Republicans look bad. Continue reading...

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