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Trump doubles down on his decision to fire BLS chief after disappointing jobs report

President Donald Trump continues to claim without evidence that the jobs report was "totally rigged." ...

Did DOGE contribute to the BLS jobs report that Trump hated? Economist Mark Zandi thinks so

Elon Musk’s DOGE may have completed much of its work in the federal bureaucracy, but the trickle-down effect from Musk’s ...

Trump fired the BLS chief for a bad jobs report. Here’s how those numbers are gathered

The Bureau of Labor Statistics uses surveys to collect economic data including employment counts, wages and inflation.
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Trump Has Unhinged Excuse for Firing BLS Chief Over Jobs Report

Trump abruptly fired Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer on Friday after the release of the report, ...

There’s no sure cure for what ails the U.S. jobs report. Trump’s BLS firing could make matters worse.

President Trump’s pick to run the federal agency that produces the critical U.S. jobs report might not be able to make it ...

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 ...

Bank of America's CEO responds to weak jobs report that spurred Trump firing of BLS chief

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan said there must be better ways to collect employment data after President Trump fired the ...

In Rejecting the Jobs Report, Trump Follows His Own Playbook of Discrediting Unfavorable Data

And on Friday, when the July jobs report revisions showed a distressed economy, Trump had an answer: He fired the official in ...