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Labor Statistics

BLS jobs data, unemployment metrics, and employment measurement systems.

  1. 2026

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    Labor Market Impacts of AI: A New Measure and Early Evidence
    Anthropic launches AI job destruction detector
    Anthropic just mapped out which jobs AI could potentially replace. A Great Recession for white-collar workers is absolutely possible
    Mar 12

    Anthropic maps AI job risk as most exposed workers are female and educated

    AI is already doing 75% of programmers' tasks. The jobs report doesn't show it yet

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    Dario Amodei
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    4 figures
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    Employment Situation Summary, February 2026
    February 2026 jobs report: U.S. payrolls unexpectedly fell by 92,000
    February jobs report raises stagflation fears
    Mar 6

    U.S. loses 92,000 jobs in February as Iran war pushes oil past $90 and markets tumble

    Goldman Sachs warns $100 oil possible as Dow drops 453 points on jobs day

    Jerome Powell
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    10 figures

  2. 2025

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    White House withdraws Trump's controversial nominee to lead BLS after ousting predecessor over jobs data
    White House withdraws E.J. Antoni nomination to lead Bureau of Labor Statistics
    Trump pulls pick to lead US jobs data agency
    Sep 5

    Bureau of Labor Statistics workers rally against Trump attacks on jobs data integrity

    Staff report: BLS workers decry political attacks on data

    Donald Trump
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    3 figures
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Key figures in Labor Statistics

17 figures
Clayton Seigle
Senior Fellow and James R. Schlesinger Chair in Energy and Geopolitics, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Dario Amodei
CEO, Anthropic
Donald Trump
President of the United States
Erica Groshen
Former Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics (Obama and Trump first-term administrations)
Erika McEntarfer
Former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner
Jerome Powell
Chair, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
John Hoeven
U.S. Senator (R-ND), Member, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Mark Warner
U.S. Senator, Virginia (D) — Co-Lead, AI Workforce Data Letter
Martin Heinrich
U.S. Senator (D-NM), Ranking Member, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Maxim Massenkoff
Economist, Anthropic; Lead Author, Labor Market Impacts of AI
Muyu Xu
Senior Crude Oil Analyst, Kpler
Neel Kashkari
President, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Peter McCrory
Economist, Anthropic; Co-Author, Labor Market Impacts of AI
Robert Yawger
Director of Energy Futures, Mizuho Securities USA
Tom Cole
U.S. Representative (R-OK), Chair, House Appropriations Committee
William Wiatrowski
Senior Bureau of Labor Statistics official
Zach Nunn
U.S. Representative (R-IA), running for reelection in a Cook Political Report toss-up district