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How to assess the September jobs report in the absence of BLS data

If the Bureau of Labor Statistics were issuing its September Employment Situation report on Friday, economists were expecting a headline payrolls number rebounding some from August, but significantly ...
CNN

Dept. of Labor launches investigation into data collection process at BLS

The Department of Labor is initiating an investigation into how the Bureau of Labor Statistics collects and reports “closely watched economic data,” according to a letter the department’s Assistant ...
CNN

Get ready for more employment data revisions

Large downward revisions to monthly jobs data in recent weeks put a gigantic spotlight on an incredibly typical procedure for economic data. They also spurred something highly atypical, with President ...
NPR

You can trust the jobs report, Labor Department workers urge public

With a new, sobering jobs report out Friday, some current employees at the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) are seeking to reassure the American public that the government's ...
The Hill

Labor Department watchdog investigating BLS data collection

The Labor Department’s internal watchdog says it is initiating a review of how the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) compiles economic data. In a letter dated Wednesday, Laura Nicolosi, an assistant ...