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The real problem with America's jobs data

President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the BLS after a disappointing jobs report. It likely won't help the data get better.

Newsweek on MSN · 1d

Trump says weak jobs data "rigged"

President Donald Trump on Monday said July's jobs report was "rigged" to favor Democrats in a post on Truth Social. Trump fired Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Erika McEntarfer last week after the July jobs report,

Wall Street Journal · 3h

Strains at Jobs Data Bureau Left It Exposed to Trump's Attack

Job-market data is revised every month, but the latest changes caused a stir. They point to a challenge that has dogged the Bureau of Labor Statistics for years: a requirement to quickly produce accurate data,

jobs, Revisions

Fox Business on MSN · 2h

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.

CBS News on MSN · 14h

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

The Bureau of Labor Statistics last week issued a steep downward revision to May and June's hiring numbers, prompting President Trump to call the edits "miscalculations" by the department's commissioner, whom he subsequently fired, in a social media post on Aug. 1.

Reuters on MSN · 21h

The jobs data revisions that cost a US government statistician her job

The revisions to previous estimates of the size of U.S. payrolls gains for May and June that prompted President Donald Trump to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer were by any measure extraordinarily large.

21mon MSN

In rejecting the jobs report, Trump follows his own playbook of discrediting unfavorable data

Trump has a go-to playbook if the numbers reveal uncomfortable realities, and that’s to discredit or conceal the figures and ...

Trump Has Unhinged Excuse for Firing BLS Chief Over Jobs Report

Trump abruptly fired Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer on Friday after the release of the report, ...

22hon MSN

Bank of America's CEO responds to weak jobs report that spurred Trump firing of BLS chief

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan said there must be better ways to collect employment data after President Trump fired the ...

7hon MSN

How reliable is the jobs data? Economists and Wall Street still trust it

Most economists say that the Bureau of Labor Statistics is a nonpolitical agency staffed by people obsessed with getting the ...

1hon MSN

DoubleLine Capital’s Jeffrey Gundlach: The Fed will cut amid weaking jobs market

Renowned investment strategist Jeffrey Gundlach believes the Federal Reserve will almost certainly cut interest rates at its ...

3hon MSN

Stocks rise on Fed rate cut hopes after disappointing jobs data

Global stocks rose for a second session on Tuesday and the U.S. dollar steadied as investors raised bets the Federal Reserve ...

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When AI Takes Jobs, Trading Will Remain A Human-Centered Industry

While AI is pushing people out of their lanes, some are finding new ground. Some industries are becoming even more ...

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Jobs in video games dried up, so we made our own

Getting work in gaming is harder and harder, especially for new starters. How are young developers following their passions?

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