Marketplace

The BLS loves knowing how you spend your time — and how you feel about it

The other day, economist Allison Schrager and I decided to contribute to the economy. “We are on the High Line, a famed park in New York City's west side. And we are just leisurely hanging out — we ...
American Banker

Trump's BLS firing impacts perceptions more than numbers

On Friday, Trump terminated Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer, claiming that she "rigged" the data in last week's employment situation report to hurt the current administration.
The American Prospect

Shooting the Messenger at BLS

After Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Erika McEntarfer, because he didn’t like the bad news on jobs in the revised BLS August report, he nominated E.J. Antoni, the ...
Center for American Progress

RELEASE: CAP Joins 2 Former BLS Commissioners and 140 Organizations and Businesses in Urging Congress To Expand Funding for BLS and Current Population Survey

Washington, D.C. — Today, the Center for American Progress, alongside 140 organizations, signed onto a letter urging the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate Appropriations Committees to ...