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Donald Trump’s choice to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics doesn’t have to manipulate any numbers to undermine the reliability of the government’s jobs reports.
The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits fell modestly last week, remaining in the historically low range since the U.S. economy emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics has a giant picture of Adolf Hitler’s favorite battleship in ...
Political pressure on government statisticians and private forecasters risks sending markets down a rabbit-hole, which could ...
Government data is now in question. Here's where macro investors are turning to fill the gaps. The firing of the BLS head by President Donald Trump has spooked some macro investors. Trump's nomination ...
The head of the agency responsible for producing U.S. jobs and inflation data is usually a low-profile technocrat with deep ...
Political pressure on government statisticians and private forecasters risks sending markets down a rabbit-hole, which could ...
The president is eliminating top government statisticians and data collection efforts he doesn’t like, raising alarms about ...
Senior White House officials say there’s no plan to suspend the crucial monthly jobs report, shooting down an idea espoused ...
The BLS has failed to modernize, and its methods are deficient. The jobs number and its revisions do not meet accepted ...