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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 ...
Trump vs. the Bureau of Labor Statistics: Why This Firing Could Burn Your Finances
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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.” ...
Trump to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics head Erika McEntarfer after jobs report
President Trump said he directed his team to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics head Erika McEntarfer following a dismal jobs ...
Who is Erika McEntarfer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner fired by Trump?
Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, has been fired after releasing a jobs report that ...
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 ...
Who is Erika McEntarfer fired by Donald Trump as head of Labor Statistics department? Why was she asked to step down?
Erika McEntarfer was a longtime US government employee who bore the brunt of President Trump’s unhappiness with Friday’s jobs ...
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July jobs report: Trump fires BLS commissioner for telling the truth ...
On Friday, Trump fired Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics—the apolitical agency that releases those monthly jobs reports.