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The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits fell modestly last week, remaining in the historically low range since ...
Opposing his nomination to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics is the one thing the left and right can agree on.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is one of those rare corners of government that is indispensable and should be dull.
Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics has a giant picture of Adolf Hitler’s favorite battleship in ...
Political pressure on government statisticians and private forecasters risks sending markets down a rabbit-hole, which could ...
Government data is now in question. Here's where macro investors are turning to fill the gaps. The firing of the BLS head by President Donald Trump has spooked some macro investors. Trump's nomination ...
The head of the agency responsible for producing U.S. jobs and inflation data is usually a low-profile technocrat with deep ...
It has not been an especially calm spring and summer for the economy: growth expectations have fallen, inflation has edged up, tariff policy has vacillated, and the president has lobbed rhetorical ...
Political pressure on government statisticians and private forecasters risks sending markets down a rabbit-hole, which could ...
The president is eliminating top government statisticians and data collection efforts he doesn’t like, raising alarms about the harm he could do to the U.S. economy.
E.J. Antoni, the conservative economist President Donald Trump named Monday as his pick to lead the nonpartisan Bureau of ...