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Jobs data revisions are common. Here's how process works.

CBS News on MSN · 1d

How unusual are jobs numbers revisions? According to experts, they're a common feature.

While the downward revision of May and June payroll growth by 258,000 marked the largest two-month downward revision to the jobs numbers since 1968, revisions themselves are not uncommon. Revisions are "a feature, not a bug" of the agency's reporting process, Erica Groshen, former BLS commissioner under the Obama administration told CBS MoneyWatch.

CNBC on MSN · 2d

CNBC Daily Open: That's not how revisions to jobs numbers work

Trump fires commissioner of labor statistics after jobs report. In a Truth Social post, the U.S. president accused BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of being a political appointee who "faked the Jobs Numbers before the Election" and providing inaccurate data.

NBC News on MSN · 2d

Jobs data revisions are common. Here's how the process works.

President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, claiming that last week’s jobs report “was rigged” without providing any evidence

Trump, Jobs and Bureau of Labor Statistics

Deseret News on MSN · 1d

Trump fired the BLS chief for a bad jobs report. Here’s how those numbers are gathered

The Bureau of Labor Statistics uses surveys to collect economic data including employment counts, wages and inflation.

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Trump's Former Labor Statistics Chief Says There's 'No Way' Jobs Numbers Were 'Rigged'

William Beach criticized the president for the shock firing of Erika McEntarfer, his successor at the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

CNN on MSN · 4d

Trump fires a senior official over jobs numbers

President Donald Trump has fired Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, whom he accused of manipulating the monthly jobs reports for “political purposes.”

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Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch once claimed the jobs numbers were faked. How did that turn out?

Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch once claimed the jobs numbers were faked. How did that turn out? In today’s CEO Daily: ...

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Trump doubles down on claim that jobs numbers are rigged

President Donald Trump continued his diatribe against the July jobs numbers on Monday in a social media post, repeating his ...

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Facing facts about Trump and the jobs numbers

In announcing the firing of the government’s chief labor statistician last week, President Trump condemned the works of Erika ...

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Larry Summers says Trump's accusations of manipulated jobs numbers are ‘preposterous’

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers blasted President Donald Trump's firing of a top Bureau of Labor Statistics official.

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Trump, Claiming Weak Jobs Numbers Were ‘Rigged,’ Fires Labor Official

Economists said ousting the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics could undermine confidence in government economic data.

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Official jobs numbers show it's a bad time to be looking for work—unless you're in this field

The U.S. economy added just 73,000 nonfarm jobs in July, according to the latest jobs report from the Bureau of Labor ...

Beyond the Jobs Numbers: A Deeper Look at U.S. Employment Trends

Kory Kantenga, Head of Economics Americas at LinkedIn, unpacks Friday’s jobs numbers, labor force trends, and signals of a ...

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Why Jobs Numbers Were Revised Sharply Downward for June, May

Job market data get revised every month. But rarely are the revisions as negative as the ones in Friday’s employment report.

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