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The jobs report revisions that prompted Trump to fire the BLS commissioner were historically large. Here's why (Hint: it wasn't rigged data).
Yesterday, the president of the United States appeared without explanation on the roof of the White House, walked aimlessly ...
Bureau of Labor Statistics head Erika McEntarfer is out because President Donald Trump didn't like the July jobs report.
Firing the BLS director was an overreaction. And last week’s data had both good and bad news for Donald Trump and his ...
When the facts don’t fit the President’s narrative, he asks for new ones, as evidenced by his recent firing of the Bureau of ...
Trump had previously touted the May and June jobs reports as proof he was 'revitalizing the American economy.' The revised data bursts those boasts.
In rejecting the jobs report, President Donald Trump continues to follow his playbook of discrediting unfavorable data and attacking the messenger.
A modest increase in long-term joblessness could reflect employers getting pickier amid uncertainty over tariffs.
Trump responded by doing what Trump does: goes ballistic, acts impulsively, attacks the messenger, and spews falsehoods.
The US economy added just 73,000 jobs last month, and the monthly totals for May and June were revised down by a combined 258 ...
The U.S. economy added 73,000 jobs in July, which is fewer than expected, as the unemployment rate increased to 4.2%.
Trump ordered the firing of Erika McEntarfer, the U.S. commissioner of Labor Statistics, accusing her without evidence of ...