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Economists blast Trump decision to fire BLS chief
Economists across the political spectrum are sounding the alarm over President Trump’s decision to fire the Labor ...
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Trump says he'll fire BLS head over "faked" numbers. Here's why there are revisions
July's jobs report came with stunning revisions to data that the U.S. Department of Labor had previously reported for May and ...
Why jobs revisions that led Trump to fire statistics head were so huge
The jobs report revisions that prompted Trump to fire the BLS commissioner were historically large. Here's why (Hint: it wasn ...
Trump’s Bid To Fire BLS Commissioner ‘Preposterously Stupid And Deeply Dangerous’
"There is absolutely no chance that the BLS commissioner manipulated the jobs and unemployment data to hurt Donald Trump," a ...
Trump contorts timeline of jobs report revisions in effort to justify firing BLS chief
Trump's firing of the BLS commissioner has raised fears that government employment data, used to make major economic policy decisions, will become politicized.
President Donald Trump clashes with CNBC’s Joe Kernen over firing of BLS commissioner
Trump defended firing BLS commissioner Erika McEntarfer, sparking tense exchange with CNBC’s Joe Kernen on "Squawk Box" over ...
Trump doubles down on his decision to fire BLS chief after disappointing jobs report
Co-host Joe Kernen tried to convince Trump that firing Dr. Erika McEntarfer after a disappointing jobs report could "undermine confidence" in future reports, given the context of McEntarfer's ouster.
How Trump decided to fire a little-known statistician, sparking conspiracy theories about government data
President Donald Trump was fuming about the July jobs report signaling a significant slowdown in the economy when he recalled ...