New York Times
1 Aug. 2025
HKS Authors
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Frank and Denie Weil Director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government
Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy
Abstract
The way the Bureau of Labor Statistics produces data is widely trusted. Firing the commissioner is damaging to that trust.
Citation
Furman, Jason. "Why Trump’s Firing of the B.L.S. Commissioner Is So Damaging." New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025.