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Trump invites Project 2025 author to present economic data after jobs report showing rising Black unemployment
The president attempted to tell a different story about the U.S. economy than what the latest job report revealed. President ...
Revisions are a common feature of any jobs report says former BLS commissioner
While the downward revision of May and June payroll growth by 258,000 marked the largest two-month downward revision to the ...
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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 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 ...
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That bombshell jobs report? Some economists saw it coming.
Nguyen said sure, the report showed the labor market was weaker than he’d thought. But, he said, “the data actually reaffirms ...
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 ...
‘Trust America’ Trade Under Threat: Why the Jobs Report, BLS Firing, and Fed Resignation Sparked Market Jitters
A so-called “sell America” trade, which led in part to the weakest 7-month stretch for the dollar in five decades, developed ...