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Inflation data to draw scrutiny after BLS firing, $2.1-trillion TIPS market at risk
Monthly U.S. inflation data is under increased scrutiny after President Donald Trump removed the head of the U.S. Bureau of ...
Projections, BLS Data Questions, Tariff Impact, and More Ahead of the Numbers
Inflation likely ticked up modestly in July as tariffs led to higher prices for a wider range of consumer goods. The Consumer ...
Trump admin considers BLS critic E.J. Antoni to lead agency - WSJ
The Trump administration is interviewing candidates to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), including E.J. Antoni, ...
Trump was correct to fire BLS chief after data became ‘increasingly unreliable,’ says former Trump advisor
Economist Steve Moore discusses President Donald Trump’s economic policy and ‘correct’ firing of a Bureau of Labor Statistics ...
The White House is trying to change the conversation about Trump’s BLS scandal
President Donald Trump claims, without a shred of evidence, that the government’s premiere economic data operation ...
The BLS Isn’t Alone in Facing Data Challenges; U.K. Has Them Too
For years, the U.K.'s main economic statistics agency has faced growing scrutiny about how it collects employment data.
Firing the BLS chief was a petulant move, says former CEA chair Greg Mankiw
Greg Mankiw, Harvard University economics professor and former CEA chairman, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the fallout from ...
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‘The neutrality of the agency has been eliminated’: Stats-based feds decry BLS chief’s firing
Employees express concern Trump's firing of the commissioner, which followed a weak jobs report, will lead to future ...