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The jobs report revisions that prompted Trump to fire the BLS commissioner were historically large. Here's why (Hint: it wasn ...
President Trump fired the head of the BLS, claiming manipulated jobs numbers after a report of slowed hiring. While revisions ...
The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown likely factored into the slowdown in employment gains in the past few months ...
In normal times, the first Friday of the month brings a routine tranche of government data known as the monthly jobs report.
The monthly jobs report is already closely-watched on Wall Street and in Washington but has taken on a new importance after ...
Trump fired the labor statistics chief and the markets shrugged. That’s concerning.
Trump's firing of the BLS commissioner has raised fears that government employment data, used to make major economic policy decisions, will become politicized.
President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics last week and described a jobs report that included a big ...
Trump had previously touted the May and June jobs reports as proof he was 'revitalizing the American economy.' The revised data bursts those boasts.
Trump’s attempt to bury unflattering information serves as a diversion from what could be a looming economic storm. Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, says that he believes the “economy ...