How exactly does the BLS assemble the critical jobs report? And what is the commissioner’s role? Here’s what we know.

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President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the BLS after a disappointing jobs report. It likely won't help the data get ...

President Donald Trump continues to claim without evidence that the jobs report was "totally rigged." ...

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

Bureau of Labor Statistics chief Erika McEntarfer oversaw a July jobs report that the president claims was rigged ...

President Trump’s pick to run the federal agency that produces the critical U.S. jobs report might not be able to make it ...

President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that the massive revisions to the latest jobs report constituted a “scam.” ...

Without evidence, Trump called the data "rigged" and implied that BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer manipulated the numbers ...

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