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Why does the Labor Department revise jobs reports? Here are 3 reasons
The Bureau of Labor Statistics' jobs report revisions are standard practice to improve data accuracy as more businesses ...
Trump’s labor statistics shake-up sparks anxiety over future economic data
President Trump’s firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) commissioner is raising concerns about whether her ...
Trump’s Firing of BLS Chief Prompts Democrats to Propose Bill Protecting Stats-Agency Heads
The bill’s path forward is doubtful given that it would need to earn at least some Republican support in the House and Senate ...
‘Not possible’ for commissioner to have ‘influence’ over labor data: Fmr. BLS Chief William Beach
Former Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner William Beach joins Meet the Press NOW to react to President Trump’s decision ...
US Job Growth Slowed In July
The U. S. economy added 73,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in July, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor ...
Labor Department Skirts Senators’ Questions on Inflation Data
A group of Democratic senators pressed the Labor Department in June over concerns about missing data in the survey behind ...