In a pretty funny coda to this story, I got a call from the labor department about my claim two weeks ago, 9 months after I filed it. I thought they might be following up on this story but no…
In Senate testimony, Brett Matsumoto, Trump's nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, promises to maintain the independence of the agency.
“It is important for the public to be confident that decisions at the BLS are benign driven by science rather than politics."
Employee sentiment hit a 2nd straight record low in May. Despite a strong jobs report, the Glassdoor Employee Confidence Index finds 43.5% of employees reported a positive business outlook for their employers, down from 44.2% in April.
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BFS statistics released today show continued surge in new business applications in AI-intensive sectors. The surge is dominated by likely new nonemployers. Index for likely new employers is 1.3 (relative to base of 1 in 2019m1) in May 2026 but 2.9 for likely new nonemployers.