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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, ...

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 ...

White House searches for a new BLS chief with 'credibility' and 'experience'

Trump fired the previous head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after he was unhappy with a weaker-than-expected July jobs ...

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 ...

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 ...

Trump fired the BLS chief for a bad jobs report. Here’s how those numbers are gathered

The Bureau of Labor Statistics uses surveys to collect economic data including employment counts, wages and inflation.

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 ...

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 ...

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 .” ...