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Wiz Imp

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14. What BLS Person?

Fri Sep 5, 2025, 10:05 AM

Sep 5

There is not currently a BLS Commissioner and the commissioner has no involvement in the calculation of the jobs numbers anyway (which is what makes Trump's firing of the commissioner so stupid and outrageous).
it remains to be seen how Trump reacts to this report. Maybe he tries to fire everyone at BLS? Maybe he tries to simply dissolve BLS? The courts would block either action. Maybe he just wait for his new commissioner nominee to be confirmed and leave it up to him? The career staff at BLS will never go along with falsifying the data, so stopping publishing the data seems the most likely course of action.

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Payrolls rose 22,000 in August, less than expected in further sign of hiring slowdown [View all] BumRushDaShow Sep 5 OP

Both payroll employment (+22,000) and unemployment rate (4.3%) change little in August mahatmakanejeeves Sep 5 #1

And June was revised to -13,000 bearsfootball516 Sep 5 #2

Hey wait...I thought Trump FIRED the reviser. Time to fire another one? Bengus81 Sep 5 #8

He's lying to show positive numbers relayerbob Sep 5 #44

Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooof Prairie Gates Sep 5 #3

88,000 jobs in the last 3 months Johnny2X2X Sep 5 #4

tRump job axing & ICEing makes Wall Street say there is a new balance point around 70 k, not 250K as of old. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 5 #18

And now the good news...... twodogsbarking Sep 5 #5

So +22,000 jobs in August, and June and July were revised down by a combined 21,000 progree Sep 5 #6

Also note that these are initial numbers Metaphorical Sep 5 #34

The numbers being reported are seasonally adjusted numbers, so I wouldn't expect an uptick in September progree Sep 5 #36

Tariffs are kicking in relayerbob Sep 5 #45

Trump will tweet how 220,000 jobs were created last month Bengus81 Sep 5 #7

Canada lost 66,000 jobs last month and our unemployment rate went up to 7.1% OnlinePoker Sep 5 #9

Canada BumRushDaShow Sep 5 #10

Yes, multiply Cdn numbers by 9 to compare w US or divide by 9 going the other way. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 5 #19

I bet Canada is taking advantage BumRushDaShow Sep 5 #32

Canada working hard on it, but so are the Europeans who are probably going to link up with MercoSur Bernardo de La Paz Sep 5 #33

LINKS to some BLS Data Series Numbers and Graphs - progree Sep 5 #11

Is he going to fire this BLS person too? IronLionZion Sep 5 #12

What BLS Person? Wiz Imp Sep 5 #14

The nominee has floated releasing quarterly numbers rather than monthly Prairie Gates Sep 5 #15

Right. But the new nominee hasn't been confirmed yet. Wiz Imp Sep 5 #21

He'll dissolve BLS and replace it with BBS, bureau of BS IronLionZion Sep 5 #17

I'm developing IBS over the whole thing Prairie Gates Sep 5 #23

RFK Jr will help you out with that health issue IronLionZion Sep 5 #26

P. U. Prairie Gates Sep 5 #28

There goes another BLS commissioner mcar Sep 5 #13

"4 straight months of manufacturing job losses stand out. It's hard to argue that tariff uncertainty isn't a key driver" progree Sep 5 #16

:-( Lemon Lyman Sep 5 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author Wiz Imp Sep 5 #25

On' bright' side, republicon billionaires made MEGABUCKS BoRaGard Sep 5 #22

We've entered an irreversible trump slump truthisfreedom Sep 5 #24

Trump's Labor Secretary blamed Fed Chair Powell for the weak report. Wiz Imp Sep 5 #27

Consumer sentiment graph to complement your consumer confidence graph progree Sep 5 #37

Next month should be interesting as the fired federal workers start to get counted. travelingthrulife Sep 5 #29

Another firing ? republianmushroom Sep 5 #30

Whow. Thanks for compiled articles. riversedge Sep 5 #31

It's bad out there. Super over-qualified people are taking entry level jobs and taking pay cuts. SunSeeker Sep 5 #35

MaddowBlog-U.S. job growth turns ugly over the summer as Trump's economic agenda falters LetMyPeopleVote Sep 5 #38

Interest cuts won't fix the terrible policies that have wrecked this economy. Bluetus Sep 5 #39

The term "payrolls" is very confusing to me in this context. Trueblue Texan Sep 5 #40

See this post upthread BumRushDaShow Sep 5 #41

Higher probability that ... relayerbob Sep 5 #42

If they published 22000, it's safe to assume we lost jobs. Hassler Sep 5 #43