Trump’s pick for BLS pledges to maintain agency’s integrity

Brett Matsumoto, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, told lawmakers he was committed to ...

Trump’s nominee to run the BLS faces Senate scrutiny

Brett Matsumoto, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is expected to face questions about jobs ...

Energy pushes inflation above 4 percent for first time in three years

Prices have been rising in recent weeks, driven in large part by fuel costs surging from the ongoing Iran war.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics nominee Matsumoto plans focus on alternative data sources

BLS commissioner nominee Brett Matsumoto plans to integrate scanner data and web-scraped prices into CPI measurement, aiming ...

Trump nominee to head BLS supports statistical agency's independence, integrity

WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) - Brett Matsumoto, an economist nominated by President Donald Trump to be the Bureau of Labor ...
The Financial Express

BLS revision reveals 911,000 fewer jobs added than previously reported over past year

For months, headlines painted a picture of a resilient American labour market. But beneath the surface, a new revision by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) just made the cracks visible. On Tuesday, ...
Government Executive

‘The neutrality of the agency has been eliminated’: Stats-based feds decry BLS chief’s firing

Some federal employees are concerned about downstream impacts after President Trump last week fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, suggesting it could lead to future meddling in their ...
The Hill

Statisticians blast Trump over BLS firing: ‘Dangerous precedent’

Statisticians railed against President Trump on Friday following his decision to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) commissioner Erika McEntarfer for “inaccuracies” and “incompetence” after ...