{"id":319753,"date":"2025-08-05T12:07:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T12:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/319753\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T12:07:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T12:07:16","slug":"the-indicator-from-planet-money-npr-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/319753\/","title":{"rendered":"The Indicator from Planet Money : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/squarecrop4-2-_sq-91812749a7b71c06586010b8f0f5ddb5370d640f.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2025\/08\/04\/squarecrop4-2-_sq-91812749a7b71c06586010b8f0f5ddb5370d640f.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" class=\"img\" alt=\"Anna Moneymaker \/ Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>            <img data-original=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2025\/08\/04\/squarecrop4-2-_sq-91812749a7b71c06586010b8f0f5ddb5370d640f.jpg?s=2600&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" alt=\"Anna Moneymaker \/ Getty Images\"\/><\/p>\n<p>            Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Since his return to office, President Trump has waged something of a pressure campaign on economic data and the people in charge of delivering it. His firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner following a weak jobs report now has some wondering: can we still trust the official numbers? Today on the show, we&#8217;re resharing our conversation with former BLS commissioner, Erica Groshen on her current fears for the integrity of government data. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/03\/07\/1236538089\/doge-gdp-bls-department-of-labor-jobs-reporthttps:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/03\/07\/1236538089\/doge-gdp-bls-department-of-labor-jobs-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">original version of this story<\/a> aired March 7, 2025. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/08\/04\/1256727558\/trump-fires-bls-director-jobs-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What really goes on at the Bureau of Labor Statistics?<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/08\/04\/1256727558\/trump-fires-bls-director-jobs-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> (Update)<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-indicator-from-planet-money\/id1320118593?i=1000720277395\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/057UFl8X91tpCDfT9oGdzK?si=5dbfc7305e5a4a49\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>) <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/08\/01\/1256575142\/trust-economics-trump-bls-bureau-labor-statistics-jobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Would you trust an economist with your economy?<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/planet-money\/id290783428?i=1000720290749\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/7J7g5dLgJbtUic6f4yCb9Z?si=526eb4a533254c9e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>) <\/p>\n<p>For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at <a href=\"http:\/\/plus.npr.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plus.npr.org<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Fact-checking by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/people\/g-s1-26724\/sierra-juarez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sierra Juarez<\/a>. 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