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Trump fired the BLS chief for a bad jobs report. Here’s how those numbers are gathered
The Bureau of Labor Statistics uses surveys to collect economic data including employment counts, wages and inflation.
Fact check: No evidence for Trump's claims of ‘rigged' or ‘phony' job numbers
Hours after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released employment data showing slow job growth for July and prior months, ...
Trump calls fired BLS commissioner's job numbers the 'biggest miscalculations in over 50 years'
U.S. President Donald Trump accused BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of faking employment data to all-time highs before the ...
Trump doubles down on claim that jobs numbers are rigged
President Donald Trump continued his diatribe against the July jobs numbers on Monday in a social media post, repeating his ...
Why Jobs Numbers Were Revised Sharply Downward for June, May
Job market data get revised every month. But rarely are the revisions as negative as the ones in Friday’s employment report.
Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch once claimed the jobs numbers were faked. How did that turn out?
Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch once claimed the jobs numbers were faked. How did that turn out? In today’s CEO Daily: ...
CNBC Daily Open: That's not how revisions to jobs numbers work
Trump fires commissioner of labor statistics after jobs report. In a Truth Social post, the U.S. president accused BLS ...
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Why job numbers change: Understanding the latest revisions
President Trump fired the BLS commissioner after a weak July jobs report but revisions are a standard part of the process.