The jobs report revisions that prompted Trump to fire the BLS commissioner were historically large. Here's why (Hint: it wasn't rigged data).

Friends of BLS, a group co-chaired by former BLS commissioners under Biden and Trump, said Trump’s claims were “baseless” and “damaging” to the agency’s workforce.

This is not unique to BLS (disclosure: I served on a BLS advisory committee until it was dissolved in January). 2025 has been marked by attacks on the information and science infrastructure of the ...

After all, you can just email the BLS and they will answer almost any question you have — we know because we do it all the time. BLS is a prized gem of the economic world, even if it's imperfect.

To compile their payroll numbers, BLS surveys more than 121,000 businesses and government agencies to cover about 631,000 worksites, according to its methodology posted to its website.

The BLS surveys both households and businesses for its monthly jobs report. After releasing an initial report, it's common for the agency to issue revisions to the prior monthly figures, as more ...

The Federal Reserve, in particular, relies on the BLS data to help guide its monetary policy and rate-setting. Fed Chair Jerome Powell last week said the entire economy relies on strong data.

Trump is still trying to justify his indefensible firing of BLS commissioner Erika McEntarfer for putting out a jobs report he didn’t like. What happens next can only go wrong for him and the U.S.

Steve Bannon is pushing for EJ Antoni to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, saying "I've told everybody in the administration that EJ is the perfect guy at the perfect time to run the BLS ...

A: The BLS collects data for the consumer-price index and publishes the inflation rate. Analysts say it is unlikely inflation data would deviate wildly from actual price changes, but ...