Secretary Chavez-DeRemer statement on BLS preliminary benchmark revision

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Secretary Chavez-DeRemer statement on BLS preliminary benchmark revision

WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer issued the following statement after the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its preliminary annual benchmark revision to nonfarm payroll data, revealing that job growth was revised down 911,000 through the 12-month period ending in March 2025 - one of the largest markdowns in decades:

"Today's massive downward revision gives the American people even more reason to doubt the integrity of data being published by BLS. Considering these reports are the foundation of economic forecasts and major policy decisions, there is no room for such a significant and consistent amount of error. It's imperative for the data to remain accurate, impartial, and never altered for political gain.

"Leaders at the bureau failed to improve their practices during the Biden administration, utilizing outdated methods that rendered a once reliable system completely ineffective and calling into question the motivation behind their inaction. The Trump Administration is putting a stop to years of neglect. We are committed to finding solutions to these problems, including by modernizing to improve transparency and deliver more accurate and timely data for American businesses and workers."