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Fact check: Trump’s claim that pre-election jobs revisions helped Democrats
President Donald Trump alleged on Monday that the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ employment data revisions last year favored ...
The BLS does have a jobs data problem, but it's not what Trump says
President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the BLS after a disappointing jobs report. It likely won't help the data get ...
Trump says he doesn’t trust the jobs data, but Wall Street and economists do
The monthly jobs report is already closely-watched on Wall Street and in Washington but has taken on a new importance after ...
CNBC host pushes back on Trump over ‘rigged’ report: ‘Give me a break’
CNBC anchor Joe Kernen questioned President Donald Trump on Tuesday over his claims about a recent jobs report. A revised ...
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 ...
Whoever Trump picks to lead BLS is in for a ride
President Donald Trump’s firing Friday of BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer — a Biden appointee who’d been confirmed with overwhelming bipartisan support — pierced BLS’s reputation and created ...
In Rejecting the Jobs Report, Trump Follows His Own Playbook of Discrediting Unfavorable Data
When the coronavirus surged during President Donald Trump’s first term, he called for a simple fix: Limit the amount of ...
Real Strains Inside the BLS Made It Vulnerable to Trump’s Accusations
President Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday ignited a crisis at the U.S.’s top ...