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Revisions are a common feature of any jobs report says former BLS commissioner
The Bureau of Labor Statistics last week issued a steep downward revision to May and June's hiring numbers, prompting ...
The ‘Trust America’ Trade Is Under Threat. Why the Jobs Report, BLS Firing, and Fed Resignation Sparked Market Jitters.
The stock market did a nosedive on Friday on worries that the U.S. economy may be weaker than previously thought and that ...
How reliable is the jobs data? Economists and Wall Street still trust it
Most economists say that the Bureau of Labor Statistics is a nonpolitical agency staffed by people obsessed with getting the ...
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Former BLS commissioner says it’s not possible to rig jobs numbers
On Friday, President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Erika McEntarfer, after the July jobs report ...
Trump says jobs data is 'rigged' — Could there be a fix?
As Trump fires BLS chief, Cardone tells TheStreet Roundtable that blockchain offers truth — but won’t fix bad policy.
S&P 500 Momentum Reverses As Fed Signals No Rate Cut, Bad Jobs Report
The S&P 500 (SPX) saw its upward momentum reverse during the trading week ending Friday, 1 August 2025. Click to read.
In Rejecting the Jobs Report, Trump Follows His Own Playbook of Discrediting Unfavorable Data
When the coronavirus surged during President Donald Trump’s first term, he called for a simple fix: Limit the amount of ...
The jobs data revisions that cost a US government statistician her job
The revisions to previous estimates of the size of U.S. payrolls gains for May and June that prompted President Donald Trump ...