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Bureau of Labor Statistics, Trump and jobs revisions

Trump says the Bureau of Labor Statistics orchestrated a ‘scam.’ Here’s how the jobs report really works

President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that the massive revisions to the latest jobs report constituted a “scam.” Yet revisions by the BLS were neither historic nor evidence of corruption.

Fox Business on MSN · 1d

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 respond to surveys, contrary to President Donald Trump's claims of rigged numbers.

USA TODAY on MSN · 8h

Why jobs revisions that led Trump to fire statistics head were so huge

The jobs report revisions that prompted Trump to fire the BLS commissioner were historically large. Here's why (Hint: it wasn't rigged data).

Trump says he doesn't trust jobs data

The Associated Press - Busines… · 18h

Trump Says He Doesn't Trust the Jobs Data, but Wall Street and Economists Do

The monthly jobs report is already closely-watched on Wall Street and in Washington but has taken on a new importance after President Donald Trump on Friday fired the official who oversees it

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

In Rejecting the Jobs Report, Trump Follows His Own Playbook of Discrediting Unfavorable Data

And on Friday, when the July jobs report revisions showed a distressed economy, Trump had an answer: He fired the official in charge of the data and called the report of a sharp slowdown in hiring “phony.

Boston.com · 1d

Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report

Trump removed the head of the agency producing monthly jobs figures after a report showed hiring slowed in July and was weak in May and June.

After deep DOGE cuts, National Weather Service gets OK to fill up to 450 jobs

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will hire as many as 450 people to shore up the National Weather Service ...

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Getting Jobs Done: Why This Philosophy Is The Future Of Business

1. Focusing on doing what only you can do. 2. Letting go of the rest (but only to people you’d trust with your own reputation ...

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Fed's Cook says tepid July jobs data merits concern

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook said on Wednesday that July hiring data released last Friday was “concerning” in the ...

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How unusual are jobs numbers revisions? According to experts, they're a common feature.

While the downward revision of May and June payroll growth by 258,000 marked the largest two-month downward revision to the ...

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UC must reconsider policy barring undocumented students from jobs, court rules

A California court ruled that the UC system's policy banning the hiring of undocumented students on campus is discriminatory ...

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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 ...

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From jobs to safety, biggest railroad union fears 'meltdowns' from Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger

The leader of the largest railroad labor union says the creation of a new transcontinental freight rail network will create ...