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The BLS does have a jobs data problem, but it's not what Trump says
President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the BLS after a disappointing jobs report. It likely won't help the data get ...
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.” ...
Why the B.L.S. Regularly Revises Jobs Data
President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics last week and described a jobs report that included a big ...
July Jobs Report Shows Hiring Slowed: 5 Key Takeaways
The U.S. economy added 73,000 jobs in July, which is fewer than expected, as the unemployment rate increased to 4.2%.
The jobs report that enraged Trump was flashing a recession warning sign
The bad news in last Friday’s jobs report may have been overshadowed when President Donald Trump fired the commissioner in charge of producing it. But economists haven’t forgotten about America’s job ...
Economists push back on Trump’s assertion that July jobs data was ‘rigged’
Labor economist Aaron Sojourner said President Donald Trump’s decision to fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner ...
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Former BLS commissioner says it’s not possible to rig jobs numbers
On Friday, President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Erika McEntarfer, after the July jobs report ...
5 things to know for August 4: Jobs report, Texas redistricting, Montana bar shooting, Abortion, Covid-19
He fired Commissioner Erika McEntarfer on Friday, shortly after the release of a weaker-than-expected jobs report that showed ...