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Trump again bashes jobs report

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 jobs report was "rigged."

CNN on MSN · 12h

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.” Yet revisions by the BLS were neither historic nor evidence of corruption.

Yahoo · 2h

Former labor statistics chief says commissioner has "no control" over jobs report numbers

President Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner on Friday. The reason cited, though it lacked evidence, was that last week's job report was "rigged." Katharine Abraham, who held the position from 1993 until 2001,

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Economists alarmed by Trump's firing of BLS commissioner and claims about 'concocted' jobs report

Economists say firing a top official for revisions to a jobs report sends a bad message and could destroy trust in data ...

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Fact check: No evidence for Trump's claims of ‘rigged' or ‘phony' job numbers

Hours after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released employment data showing slow job growth for July and prior months, ...

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Larry Summers says Trump's accusations of manipulated jobs numbers are ‘preposterous’

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers blasted President Donald Trump's firing of a top Bureau of Labor Statistics official.

The U.S. job market was weak in July, and previous months were worse than thought

Sharp revisions of government data show the U.S. created 33,000 jobs total in May and June, while July’s number came in soft, ...

Economy added just 73,000 jobs in July: The key facts and figures

The headline The economy added 73,000 jobs in July and the unemployment rate rose a tenth of a percentage point to 4.2%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. Investors had expected roughly ...

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