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Trump fires head of labor statistics bureau

Trump says the Bureau of Labor Statistics orchestrated a ‘scam.’ Here’s how the jobs report really works

President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that the massive revisions to the latest jobs report constituted a “scam.” Yet revisions by the BLS were neither historic nor evidence of corruption.

Washington Examiner on MSN · 15h

Trump’s firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics head is a banana republic move

You’ve probably heard the urban legend about the 19th-century naturalist who spent his life traveling the world collecting insect species and then meticulously categorizing them. Long after he gained international fame,

NBC News on MSN · 3d

Trump fires labor statistics boss hours after the release of weak jobs report

Without evidence, Trump called the data "rigged" and implied that BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer manipulated the numbers "for political purposes."

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BLS Faces a ‘Slow-Moving Train Wreck’ in Collecting Data. There Are No Easy Fixes.

Recent payroll revisions have highlighted the challenges facing U.S. statistics agencies. Politics isn’t the issue, ...

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Why does the Labor Department revise jobs reports? Here are 3 reasons

The Bureau of Labor Statistics' jobs report revisions are standard practice to improve data accuracy as more businesses ...

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Trump’s labor statistics shake-up sparks anxiety over future economic data

President Trump’s firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) commissioner is raising concerns about whether her replacement could manipulate job numbers to work in his favor. The traditionally ...

US labour data agency was teetering even before Donald Trump fired its chief

Donald Trump’s firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics has exposed deepening fissures within a data agency vital ...

'We can do better!': Charles Payne praises Trump's BLS firing

The Big Money Show' discusses President Donald Trump's decision to fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics chief after the ...

16h

Former head of BLS dismisses Trump claim of ‘rigged’ jobs report

President Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, claiming that last week’s jobs report “was rigged” ...

Joe: The more Trump talks about firing BLS commissioner the more he proves how wrong it was

President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, hours after a stunning ...

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Team Trump Fails Job Data Debacle

Donald Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, alleging she rigged the job numbers to make him look bad.

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