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Did DOGE contribute to the BLS jobs report that Trump hated? Economist Mark Zandi thinks so

Elon Musk’s DOGE may have completed much of its work in the federal bureaucracy, but the trickle-down effect from Musk’s ...

President Trump defends the US economy with charts after jobs report showed warning signs

President Donald Trump has summoned reporters to the Oval Office to present charts that he says shows the economy is solid.

5 things to know about the jobs report controversy that has economists defending government data

Response rates to government surveys have plummeted since COVID, but experts say that doesn't mean the numbers are wrong ...

Political bias vs. Trump? Here’s how the U.S. jobs report is really put together.

How exactly does the BLS assemble the critical jobs report? And what is the commissioner’s role? Here’s what we know.
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‘The neutrality of the agency has been eliminated’: Stats-based feds decry BLS chief’s firing

Employees express concern Trump's firing of the commissioner, which followed a weak jobs report, will lead to future ...

Why the B.L.S. Regularly Revises Jobs Data

President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics last week and described a jobs report that included a big ...

July Jobs Report Shows Hiring Slowed: 5 Key Takeaways

The U.S. economy added 73,000 jobs in July, which is fewer than expected, as the unemployment rate increased to 4.2%.

Economists push back on Trump’s assertion that July jobs data was ‘rigged’

Labor economist Aaron Sojourner said President Donald Trump’s decision to fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner ...