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How unusual are jobs numbers revisions? According to experts, they're a common feature.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics last week issued a steep downward revision to May and June's hiring numbers, prompting ...
How reliable is the jobs data? Economists and Wall Street still trust it
Most economists say that the Bureau of Labor Statistics is a nonpolitical agency staffed by people obsessed with getting the ...
Trump Has Unhinged Excuse for Firing BLS Chief Over Jobs Report
Trump abruptly fired Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer on Friday after the release of the report, ...
Bank of America's CEO responds to weak jobs report that spurred Trump firing of BLS chief
Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan said there must be better ways to collect employment data after President Trump fired the ...
In rejecting the jobs report, Trump follows his own playbook of discrediting unfavorable data
When the coronavirus surged during President Donald Trump’s first term, he called for a simple fix: Limit the amount of ...
Stocks rise on Fed rate cut hopes after disappointing jobs data
Global stocks rose for a second session on Tuesday and the U.S. dollar steadied as investors raised bets the Federal Reserve ...
Top Trump Adviser Fails To Offer Evidence That Jobs Reports Were ‘Rigged’
“The revisions are hard evidence,” National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett argued during a Sunday appearance on ...
How a Gen Xer clawed his way back to a $900K income working 5 remote jobs after layoffs demolished his overemployment strategy
An overemployed Gen Xer earning $800K secretly working six remote jobs lost four of them, but bounced back to a $900K income.
Jobs in video games dried up, so we made our own
Getting work in gaming is harder and harder, especially for new starters. How are young developers following their passions?