最新报道:According to a report on the website of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on September 9th, one-third of senior positions at the agency responsible for producing key U.S. employment and inflation data remain vacant. While the director's position has been temporarily filled, a series of other leadership positions overseeing various aspects of employment statistics and regional field operations remain vacant. According to people familiar with the matter, many of the agency's decades-long employees have accepted the Trump administration's offers of extended resignations in recent months. This had already posed a challenge to the agency, which has approximately 2,000 career employees, before President Trump fired the director last month. With a federal hiring freeze set to last until October 15th, it is unclear whether lower-level positions responsible for data collection and analysis can be filled quickly.