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Trump says he doesn't trust the jobs data, but Wall Street and economists do
The monthly jobs report is already closely-watched on Wall Street and in Washington but has taken on a new importance after ...
Black unemployment is rising—critics say Trump’s ‘Black jobs’ promise was a lie
Just like the workers on his construction projects, Donald Trump wrote the Black community a bad check during the campaign,” ...
Black Jobless Rate Tops 7% As White House Defends Ouster Of Labor Data Official
The Black unemployment rate hit its highest mark since December 2021, while the White House defended the firing of Erika ...
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Trump Fires BLS Chief, Skips Causes of Weak Jobs Report
The president has not commented on his policy priorities—including immigration, government efficiency, trade, and AI ...
Veterans Unemployment Rate Drops, But Trump Fires BLS Commissioner After Weak Overall Jobs Report
President Donald Trump ordered the firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Friday following a weak jobs report ...
Fact check: No evidence for Trump's claims of ‘rigged' or ‘phony' job numbers
Hours after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released employment data showing slow job growth for July and prior months, ...
US unemployment rate rises in July as economist warns of possible recession
The prices of coffee, fruits, medicine and other goods are all expected to rise as new tariffs are set to start this week.
Maybe now Nevada’s stubbornly high unemployment rate will finally go down (except not really)
Nevada has had either the highest or one of the highest unemployment rates in the U.S. over most of the 21st century. In the ...
Why were US job numbers which riled Trump revised down by so much?
President Trump has fired the head of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics after the department revised down job numbers which ...