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Trump Fires Bureau Of Labor Statistics Commissioner Over Data Integrity Concerns
President Donald Trump fired the nation’s top labor statistics official over the weekend while igniting a political firestorm ...
Trump's claims of 'rigged' jobs numbers challenged by CNBC host
CNBC news anchor Joe Kernen confronted President Trump over firing the top labor statistics chief, saying it "undermines ...
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Economists defend reliability of jobs data despite Trump’s criticism
The monthly jobs report is already closely-watched on Wall Street and in Washington but has taken on a new importance after ...
Hassett says Trump ‘wants his own people’ at the Bureau of Labor Statistics after firing commissioner
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett on Sunday defended Donald Trump’s decision to fire Bureau of Labor ...
Who is Erika McEntarfer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner fired by Trump?
Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, has been fired after releasing a jobs report that ...
A former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner on the firing of BLS head
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erica Groshen about the firing of one of her successors over the latest jobs numbers.
Larry Summers says Trump's accusations of manipulated jobs numbers are ‘preposterous’
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers blasted President Donald Trump's firing of a top Bureau of Labor Statistics official.
The U.S. job market was weak in July, and previous months were worse than thought
Sharp revisions of government data show the U.S. created 33,000 jobs total in May and June, while July’s number came in soft, ...