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Trump fires head of labor statistics bureau

CNN on MSN · 4h

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.

Reuters on MSN · 5h

Trump says he will announce new labor statistics official in 3 or 4 days

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he will announce a new head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics within three or four days. He fired BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer after accusing her of faking jobs numbers,

NBC News on MSN · 1d

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."

White House Defends Firing of Labor Official

U.S. News & World Report · 2h

White House Defends Firing of Labor Official as Critics Warn of Trust Erosion

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -White House economic advisers on Sunday defended President Donald Trump's firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, pushing back against criticism that Trump's action could undermine confidence in official U.S. economic data.

White House officials defend Trump’s firing of BLS chief

White House officials on Sunday defended President Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) following a weak jobs report, a move that has sparked broad criticism. “The president wants his own people there so that when we see the numbers,

UPI News on MSN · 14h

Economists defend labor data chief fired by Trump

Economists are defending Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika McEntarfer, who was fired by President Donald Trump on Friday over the July jobs report.

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Former Trump statistics chief slams Friday firing of Erika McEntarfer

Bill Beach said the president's suggestions that the jobs report was rigged betrayed a misunderstanding in how those numbers ...

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Trump labor secretary touts ‘native-born’ share of job gains

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer touted that native-born employment increased in the latest dismal jobs report, which ...

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Larry Summers Eviscerates Trump for Firing Numbers Chief: ‘Really Scary Stuff’

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers had choice words for President Donald Trump after he fired his stats boss over an ...

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