US Senate to hold confirmation hearing for BLS commissioner nominee next week

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, June 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will hold ...
Financial Advisor

The BLS Can't Be Replaced By The Private Sector

Wall Street may be worried about President Donald Trump politicizing government economic statistics, but not everyone agrees he was wrong to fire the BLS commissioner. “I probably would have fired the ...
Marketplace

How the BLS and its data could be affected by a proposed Trump rule

If the rule goes into effect, it could be harder for economists at the Bureau of Labor Statistics — who are anxious about losing their jobs — to deliver bad news. The Trump administration is proposing ...
Global Finance Magazine

Wall Street Jobs Data Tell Diverging Stories in May

Conflicting data from the BLS and ADP leaves the true state of Wall Street jobs open for debate after a split May hiring ...
Financial Advisor

The Big BLS Revision Isn't A Conspiracy

For the second year in a row, the esoteric process of revising labor market data is proving very popular with recession mongers and conspiracy theorists. Released on Tuesday, the preliminary benchmark ...
National Review

The BLS Was Very, Very Good at Estimating Employment

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