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Economist slams Trump for undermining job data credibility
President Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner, slamming her for a weak jobs report and claiming she ‘rigged’ the data. Former Council of Economic Advisers Chair Jared Bernstein ...
The Sudden Arrival Of Labor Market Weakness: Here's What It Looks Like
July's jobs report showed only 73,000 new jobs and a rise in unemployment to 4.2%, with significant downward revisions for ...
July Jobs Report Renews Rate-Cut Hopes: What the Experts Are Saying
Futures traders have certainly changed their tune on a September rate cut following the July jobs data. According to CME ...
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US Jobs Report Shows 73,000 Payroll Additions In July
The U.S. jobs report for July showed a lower-than-expected addition to nonfarm payrolls at 73,000. As per data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the unemployment rate stood at 4.2% in ...
Jobs Report: Why Unemployment Is 'the Main Number' to Watch
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is due to release July employment data on Friday morning. Here's what economists surveyed by ...
Job growth was cooler than expected in July, while unemployment ticked up
Job growth missed the forecast of 106,000 in July, and unemployment rose from 4.1% to 4.2%.
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, ...