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BLS, Trump and Grim Jobs

Treasury's Bessent says he doesn't support suspending monthly jobs reports

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended releasing monthly jobs reports amid accuracy concerns, emphasizing the need for improved data collection rather than pausing monthly releases.

CNN · 17h

Trump’s pick for BLS commissioner floated suspending the monthly jobs report before apparently backing off

EJ Antoni, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is no longer considering suspending the monthly jobs report — one of the most crucial and historic measurements of US economic activity — after proposing the unprecedented action during an interview that published Tuesday.

HuffPost on MSN · 1d

Trump Taps BLS Skeptic To Replace Leader He Fired Over Grim Jobs Report

E.J. Antoni, economist at the Heritage Foundation, has been critical of how the Bureau of Labor Statistics collects data.

UK jobs, labor market

ABC News on MSN · 3h

These jobs are hiring, despite a weak job market

But two industries have bucked the trend: Health care and social assistance, the latter of which comprises services like child care and counseling, economists told ABC News. If not for job growth in those two sectors, the labor market would have suffered net job losses over the past three months.

BBC · 23h

UK jobs market cools as vacancies fall

The UK jobs market has continued to cool as vacancies fell and the number of people on payrolls dropped, the latest official figures suggest. Job openings fell by 5.8% to 718,000 between May to July across nearly all industries,

Hosted on MSN · 1d

UK jobs market continues to weaken but wage growth stays high

Britain's jobs market has weakened further, official data showed, with employment falling for a sixth month and vacancies dropping again but wage growth stayed strong, underscoring why the Bank of England is so cautious about cutting interest rates.

Trump, jobs and Data

Los Angeles Times on MSN · 3h

Trump’s nominee to oversee jobs and inflation data faces shower of criticism

President Trump has selected E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, to be the next commissioner at the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics. Antoni's nomination was quickly met with a cascade of criticism from other economists.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Trump Nominates Conservative Economist to Head Agency That Compiles Jobs, Inflation Data

President Donald Trump said Monday that he has nominated E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, to head the agency that compiles and publishes the nation's employment and inflation figures.

HuffPost · 15h

Here's Why Trump's BLS Nominee Has Ignited A Cascade Of Criticism From Economists

E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, could change the currently dry-as-dust way that the agency presents America's jobs and inflation data.

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‘Crazy!!’: How Labor Statistics staff reacted to Trump firing commissioner after dismal jobs report

Staff at the Bureau of Labor Statistics called President Donald Trump's firing of its commissioner “depressing” and “CRAZY!!” ...

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Jobs data blasted by Trump seen by Fed officials as reason to cut

The data that caused President Donald Trump to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics is being taken as serious ...

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Massive revisions shook the jobs report. Tuesday’s inflation data could get cloudy, too

The next batch of inflation data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics was already shaping up to be a high-profile affair due ...

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VA hospitals are finding it harder to fill jobs, watchdog says

An independent watchdog for the Department of Veterans Affairs says VA hospitals have reported an increase in severe staffing ...

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Karoline Leavitt Hints Trump Could Start Hiding Even More Jobs Data

Donald Trump’s press secretary refused to give a straightforward answer to a key question about the monthly jobs reports.

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How a nonprofit is helping the un- and underemployed fill open manufacturing jobs

The Ohio-based nonprofit Magnet helped 56-year-old Mary Lamar find work after serving a 3.5-year prison sentence.

Coding students whose jobs were taken by AI forced to find work at Chipotle

The arrival of AI coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot, CodeRabbit and others has accelerated the decline for entry-level ...

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BLS, Trump and Grim Jobs

UK jobs, labor market

Trump, jobs and Data

‘Crazy!!’: How Labor Statistics staff reacted to Trump firing commissioner after dismal jobs report

Jobs data blasted by Trump seen by Fed officials as reason to cut

Massive revisions shook the jobs report. Tuesday’s inflation data could get cloudy, too

VA hospitals are finding it harder to fill jobs, watchdog says

Karoline Leavitt Hints Trump Could Start Hiding Even More Jobs Data

How a nonprofit is helping the un- and underemployed fill open manufacturing jobs

Coding students whose jobs were taken by AI forced to find work at Chipotle

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