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Former BLS commissioner says it’s not possible to rig jobs numbers
On Friday, President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Erika McEntarfer, after the July jobs report ...
Trump calls fired BLS commissioner's job numbers the 'biggest miscalculations in over 50 years'
U.S. President Donald Trump accused BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of faking employment data to all-time highs before the ...
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That bombshell jobs report? Some economists saw it coming.
Nguyen said sure, the report showed the labor market was weaker than he’d thought. But, he said, “the data actually reaffirms ...
Trump criticized for firing BLS chief after jobs report
Bureau of Labor Statistics chief Erika McEntarfer oversaw a July jobs report that the president claims was rigged ...
Economists push back on Trump's claim that unfavorable jobs data was 'rigged'
The job market fell short of expectations in July. And now, the Commissioner of Labor Statistics is out of a job.
White House Says Terrible Jobs Data 'Must Be a Typo'
The White House believes unusual jobs data revisions prove the recently fired Bureau of Labor chief was manipulating statistics.
‘Trust America’ Trade Under Threat: Why the Jobs Report, BLS Firing, and Fed Resignation Sparked Market Jitters
A so-called “sell America” trade, which led in part to the weakest 7-month stretch for the dollar in five decades, developed ...
Trump says he'll name people to 2 jobs closely watched by Wall Street
The president fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner on Friday after poor job numbers. A Federal Reserve governor ...