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The president fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday after the agency published a negative jobs report.
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers had choice words for President Donald Trump after he fired his stats boss over an ...
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President Trump Fires BLS Chief Following Poor Jobs Report, Fueling Fears of Political Interference in Economic Data
President Trump fired the BLS chief after a poor jobs report, amid concerns of meddling in economic data reporting and issues ...
Trump fires BLS commissioner after weak jobs report and baseless claim of 'faked' stats
President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday after a new jobs report showed a ...
Trump trade adviser: President has ‘real concerns’ about jobs data after BLS firing
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer weighed in on President Trump’s decision to fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS ...
‘It undermines credibility’: Former BLS chief slams Trump for firing his successor over jobs report
Former Commissioner for the Bureau of Labor Statistics William Beach criticizes the President for accusing the bureau of ...
‘No conceivable way’ that the BLS commissioner manipulated jobs report: Summers
Senate heads home with no deal to speed confirmations as irate Trump tells Schumer to 'go to hell' NHL player and mascot ...
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Trump Fires BLS Commissioner Over Bad Jobs Report: How It Happened
When the economic news is bad, Trump thinks he can just shoot the messenger. Here’s how the firing played out, as well as ...
Trump Suggests Ex-BLS Chief Manipulated Past Report
After administration officials spent the morning on the Sunday talk show circuit defending President Trump's firing of the ...
Trump economic adviser fires back at NBC host over 'shooting the messenger' claim about BLS firing
WH Economic Council director Kevin Hassett was pressed repeatedly on President Donald Trump's decision to fire the labor statistics chief on Sunday.
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 ...