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Trump fired the labor statistics chief and the markets shrugged. That’s concerning.
Trump fired the labor statistics chief and the markets shrugged. That’s concerning.
The jobs report is a big deal. Trump’s response is an even bigger one.
On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released a jobs report that upended the narrative pundits, journalists, government ...
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Trump’s Firing of BLS Commissioner is Part of Larger Erosion of Federal Data Infrastructure
Last week, President Trump fired the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics in apparent retaliation for weak jobs ...
Former Labor Secretary Calls Absolute 'Bulls**t' On Trump's Jobs Report Claims
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich on Tuesday tore apart President Donald Trump for firing the head of the Bureau of Labor ...
Trump seeks to change how census collects data and wants to exclude immigrants in US illegally
President Donald Trump said Thursday he has instructed the Commerce Department to change the way the Census Bureau collects ...
Trump’s Firing of BLS Head Hurts Confidence in Labor Department
President Donald Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics carries reputational risks for the ...
Fired Labor commissioner should sue Trump for defamation
Last Friday, Trump unintentionally debunked the lie of this manufactured image when he angrily fired Bureau of Labor ...
Why jobs revisions that led Trump to fire statistics head were so huge
The jobs report revisions that prompted Trump to fire the BLS commissioner were historically large. Here's why (Hint: it wasn't rigged data).
Top economist says Trump’s Fed pressure may not be felt for years: ‘You can appear to get away with a lot while you’re actually doing a lot of damage’
Francis Fukuyama warns Trump’s moves could erode institutional independence—and business leaders won’t feel it until it’s too ...
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Trump's mad over his own policy results | Letters
Wow! Talk about 'shooting the messenger'! On August 1st, Trump fired Erika McEntarfer, Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, because she announced the most recent numbers in the jobs report: ...
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Trump’s Love-Hate Relationship With Labor Statistics
Donald Trump has always had a mixed relationship with numbers. They are at once hard, objective truths that provide explicit measures of success: “huge ratings,” “polling like you wouldn’t believe.” ...