US EditionLabor Dept. internal watchdog launches probe of BLS data collection
The Labor Department's inspector general is investigating data collection and reporting issues at the Bureau of Labor Statistics after revisions showed 911,000 fewer jobs than previously reported.
- The Labor Department's Office of Inspector General launched a review on Wednesday into the Bureau of Labor Statistics' data collection and reporting practices.
- This investigation followed the BLS's unusually large annual downward revision of nearly 1 million jobs for the year ending March 2025, which revealed a weaker job market than earlier reported.
- BLS officials have cited longstanding underfunding and staffing shortages for more than a decade, which complicate their ability to modernize data collection and address challenges like declining survey response rates.
- A letter from the Labor Department’s audit oversight office highlighted difficulties and possible solutions related to gathering essential inflation metrics, including the Consumer Price Index and Producer Price Index.
- The review and revisions have increased pressure for leadership changes to restore confidence in BLS data, which are critical for decision-making by markets, policymakers, and families.
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Inspector General to review 'the challenges that Bureau of Labor Statistics encounters' collecting economic data
A government watchdog says it will review how a Labor Department agency compiles and reports some of the nation’s highest profile economic data, just two days after the agency made a sharp downward revision in its estimate of the number of jobs. A spokesperson for the department’s Office of the Inspector General said Wednesday that it is launching a review of “the challenges that Bureau of Labor Statistics encounters collecting and reporting clo…
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Labor Department watchdog to audit jobs and inflation reports from embattled BLS
A government watchdog says it will review how a Labor Department agency compiles and reports some of the nation’s highest profile economic data, just two days after the agency made a sharp downward revision in its estimate of the number of jobs.
Labor Department watchdog reviewing challenges to BLS data collection
The office of the Labor Department's inspector general said Wednesday it was initiating a review of challenges the Bureau of Labor Statistics faces in collecting and reporting US economic data following recent large downward revisions to nonfarm payrolls and cuts to inflation data collection.
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