Letter: Firing of BLS Chief May Backfire

Letter: Firing of BLS chief may backfire

Trump's reasoning that bureaucrats were scheming to undermine falls apart upon closer inspection of the 73,000 new jobs added, but a downward revision of previous job numbers by 258,000. The worst period of job growth since the onset of the…

Trump’s firing of BLS chief may undermine public trust in jobs numbers, New Mexico economists say

Americans are growing increasingly distrustful of the establishments around them — only 28% of U.S. adults have high confidence in major institutions like government, banks, courts and schools.

Trump’s Firing Of The BLS Commissioner Is An Ongoing Trainwreck And Embarrassment

The excuses for the BLS purge are so bad, they’re actually kind of funny… for now.

Trump’s firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner puts crucial health data at risk

Trump firing BLS chief imperils data vital to public health, signals a deeper shift toward authoritarian control over information: a First Opinion essay.

After Firing the Head of BLS for "Faking Numbers," Trump Presents His Own Faked Numbers

If you’re in your thirties or forties, and you have no personal memory of the press releases published by TASS; the mouthpiece of the Soviet State at that time—or if you’ve never been “entertained” by old Radio Moscow broadcasts or Radio Pyongyang, the Voice of North Korea, this is the next-best thing. A quick refresher: Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner last week after she published some disappointing July jobs numbers. Sh…

Why Trump's firing of labor data chief won't threaten integrity of jobs figures. Probably

Trump's replacement of labor statistics head after bad report shouldn't hurt integrity of jobs numbers. But there may still be reason to worry.