The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) slashed job numbers by 911,000 in its latest revision covering April 2024 to March 2025, drawing immediate fire from the White House and conservative leaders. The correction marks the largest downward revision on record and calls into question the reliability of the Biden administration’s economic reporting.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt pointed directly at President Biden, the BLS, and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for the failure. “Today, the BLS released the largest downward revision on record proving that President Trump was right: Biden’s economy was a disaster and the BLS is broken,” Leavitt said. She emphasized the need for leadership that restores confidence in official data and called on Powell to finally cut interest rates, branding him “Jerome ‘Too Late’ Powell.”
The corrections have reignited debate over how job data is collected and used. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer told Breitbart News the massive revision undermines public trust in federal labor statistics. “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,” she said. Chavez-DeRemer criticized the BLS for relying on outdated methodologies and failing to implement reforms during the Biden administration.
She also highlighted that the Trump administration is actively working to modernize the bureau, promising more transparency and accuracy in labor market reporting. “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,” she stated.
The revision follows a similar downward correction of more than 800,000 jobs in 2023, further intensifying scrutiny of the agency’s reliability under Democrat leadership. Conservative economists and lawmakers argue the inflated job reports painted a misleadingly optimistic picture of the economy, justifying harmful policies like excessive spending and delayed rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.
As inflation remains stubborn and consumer confidence slips, critics say the Biden administration can no longer defend its economic narrative with faulty numbers. The pressure is now on the Fed to act swiftly and for the Trump administration to deliver on its pledge to overhaul the BLS.
