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If your job search feels like it’s dragging, a new report shows you’re not alone. A disappointing July jobs report showing slower-than-expected growth led to the firing of Erika McEntarfer, ...
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has reignited concerns about political interference in future jobs data after saying the independence of statistical agencies was “nonsense” and the main focus should ...
McEntarfer was confirmed by a broad bipartisan vote of 86 "yes" votes to 8 "no"s in January 2024. Current Vice President JD Vance cast a vote in her favor. In a second administration that has had no ...
The president is eliminating top government statisticians and data collection efforts he doesn’t like, raising alarms about ...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended releasing monthly jobs reports amid accuracy concerns, emphasizing the need for ...
The BLS has failed to modernize, and its methods are deficient. The jobs number and its revisions do not meet accepted ...
Trump's job creation is so bad that he wants the BLS to issue a jobs report quarterly instead of monthly, as if that's gonna help.
Political interference in economic data threatens the business foundation that companies depend on for planning, forecasting, ...
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was pressed on Tuesday after President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics suggested the agency suspend its monthly jobs report.
Bureau of Labor Statistics staff won’t sit by quietly if the new chief tries to manipulate data Trump’s pick to take over at ...
E.J. Antoni, President Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, has suggested suspending the monthly jobs report in favor of quarterly releases, arguing its methodology is flawed. On ...
E.J. Antoni, the conservative economist President Donald Trump named Monday as his pick to lead the nonpartisan Bureau of ...