WSJ Economy
· Aug 4, 2025 11:23 PM EDT
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President Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday ignited a crisis at the U.S.’s top economic-stats agency. But it wasn’t the start of the BLS’s challenges.
The agency has faced tighter budgets, falling response rates to its surveys and a staff shortage.
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