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Inflation rises 3.4% in August in last report before Fed's interest-rate decision
The Consumer Price Index rose 3.4% on an annual basis, still stubbornly above the Fed's 2% goal but the same rate as July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said…
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Friday's CPI inflation report is even more important than usual. Here's what to expect
The Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the August consumer price index report at 8:30 a.m.
Trump taps a longtime agency economist as the next Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner
Trump taps a longtime agency economist as the next Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner
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Trump nominates government economist to lead Bureau of Labor Statistics
President Trump says he is nominating the government economist Brett Matsumoto to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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President Trump plans to nominate economist Brett Matsumoto to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics, according to people familiar with the matter
Brett Matsumoto, the next chief, has worked as an economist at the BLS since 2015.
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The extended government shutdown has put collecting most October inflation data out of reach for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, according to people familiar with the agency's operations
The extended government shutdown has put collecting most October inflation data out of reach for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, according to people familiar w…
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics will bring some furloughed employees back to work so it can publish the September consumer-price index, a key inflation report, an administration official said
The Bureau of Labor Statistics will bring some furloughed employees back to work so it can publish the September consumer-price index, a key inflation report,…
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The monthly jobs numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics won't arrive on time due to the government shutdown. But private firms are helping fill the gap.
The monthly government jobs numbers won't arrive on time. But private firms are helping fill the gap.
White House withdraws controversial pick to lead Bureau of Labor Statistics
A White House official said the administration looked forward to nominating a new candidate soon.
Labor Dept watchdog launches probe into the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Internal review, which will focus on how BLS collects and reports economic data, follows claims by President Trump that the statistics bureau is politicized.
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Trump escalates attacks on Bureau of Labor Statistics amid jobs report revisions
The Bureau of Labor Statistics revised its jobs report to show that the U.S. added 911,000 fewer jobs than previously reported between March 2024 and March 202…
The Trump administration is preparing a report that would lay out alleged shortcomings at the Bureau of Labor Statistics
The assessment would follow President Trump's firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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August's is the first jobs report since President Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics' leader
The U.S. added 22,000 jobs in August, the Labor Department reported Friday, below the gain of 75,000 jobs economists polled by The Wall Street Journal had expe…
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Trump picks conservative economist E.J. Antoni to lead Bureau of Labor Statistics
President Donald Trump said late Monday he plans to nominate E.J. Antoni, the chief economist of the conservative Heritage Foundation, to become commissioner o…
Trump nominates Bureau of Labor Statistics critic to replace fired agency head
E.J. Antoni, a staunch critic of the agency, had emerged in recent days as a favorite candidate among some influential Trump advisors, including Stephen K. Ban…
The Trump administration is interviewing candidates to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics including at least one longtime critic of the agency, according to a senior administration official
Officials are looking at E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, among others, to head jobs-data agency.
Macro
Argentina's experience with manipulation of economic data has reverberated in the U.S. since Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, accusing the agency of rigging jobs figures
Echoes of the Argentine experience have reverberated in the U.S. since Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, accusing the agency of rigging…
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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Trump's firing of the top Bureau of Labor Statistics official is rattling Wall Street's reliance on government data, as some fear a decline in the world-leading economic statistics
Some fear a decline in the world-leading economic statistics underpinning U.S. markets.
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How is Bureau of Labor Statistics data collected, and why is Trump targeting it?
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has been thrust into the spotlight after President Trump criticized its federal jobs report and fired commissioner Erika McEntar…
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Trump says he'll name a new Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner soon after jobs report alarm
President Trump said he will name a new commissioner for the Bureau of Labor Statistics within days after firing Erika McEntarfe on Friday. CBS News' Aaron Nav…
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Trump set to name replacements at the Fed and Bureau of Labor Statistics in coming days
Both spots opened up Friday through the resignation of Fed Governor Adriana Kugler and the firing of Erika McEntarfer at the BLS.
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A chief White House economic adviser said that Trump wants allies placed in the Bureau of Labor Statistics after the agency published a dismal jobs report and the president fired its commissioner
Kevin Hassett said the president wants his own people at the agency to provide "more transparent and reliable†jobs data.
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Erika McEntarfer led the Bureau of Labor Statistics through rocky times before President Trump dismissed her after an ugly jobs report
Erika McEntarfer led the Bureau of Labor Statistics through rocky times before the president dismissed her after an ugly jobs report.
President Trump fired the top Bureau of Labor Statistics official after the government published new data showing that U.S. hiring slowed sharply this summer
The president's move throws the quality of America's statistical apparatus into question.
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics has said it has stopped collecting price data in Lincoln, Neb.; Provo, Utah; and Buffalo, N.Y., amid a staffing shortfall
A group of Democratic senators pressed the Labor Department in June over concerns about missing data in the survey behind inflation statistics. On Thursday, a…
