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In rejecting the jobs report, Trump follows his own playbook of discrediting unfavorable data

President Donald Trump has a pattern of dismissing or altering data that reflects poorly on him. During his first term, the ...

Trump fires head of labor statistics bureau after weak jobs report: Recap

An anemic July jobs report boosted expectations the Federal Reserve might lower interest rates in September. Trump said the ...

US labour data agency was teetering even before Donald Trump fired its chief

Donald Trump’s firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics has exposed deepening fissures within a data agency vital ...

Donald Trump says he doesn’t trust jobs data, but Wall Street and economists do

Economists and Wall Street investors have long considered the job figures reliable, with share prices and bond yields often ...

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 ...

Trump Administration Live Updates: President Says He’ll Name New Labor Statistics Official Within Days

President Trump said he would appoint a new commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics “over the next three, four days,” ...