The BLS Can’t Be Replaced by the Private Sector
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-08/the-bls-can-t-be-replaced-by-the-private-sector
Government statistical agencies provide breadth and context that private firms can’t match.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-08/the-bls-can-t-be-replaced-by-the-private-sector
Government statistical agencies provide breadth and context that private firms can’t match.
The Many Ways American Life Relies on BLS Data
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/bureau-labor-statistics-data-impact-uses-fd2b00f7
The data influences how much people pay in taxes, receive in retirement benefits and earn on some investments.
Why the B.L.S. Regularly Revises Jobs Data
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/business/economy/trump-jobs-data-revisions-bls.html
President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics last week and described a jobs report that included a big downward revision as “rigged.”
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/bureau-labor-statistics-data-impact-uses-fd2b00f7
The data influences how much people pay in taxes, receive in retirement benefits and earn on some investments.
Why the B.L.S. Regularly Revises Jobs Data
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/business/economy/trump-jobs-data-revisions-bls.html
President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics last week and described a jobs report that included a big downward revision as “rigged.”
A Practical Guide to Fixing the Jobs Data Problem
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-11/a-practical-guide-to-fixing-the-jobs-data-problem
The Bureau of Labor Statistics needs to turn to real-time information as its surveys increasingly go unanswered.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-11/a-practical-guide-to-fixing-the-jobs-data-problem
The Bureau of Labor Statistics needs to turn to real-time information as its surveys increasingly go unanswered.