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Trump fires official over jobs report

Revisions are a common feature of any jobs report says former BLS commissioner

The Bureau of Labor Statistics last week issued a steep downward revision to May and June's hiring numbers, prompting President Trump to call the edits "miscalculations" by the department's commissioner, whom he subsequently fired, in a social media post on Aug. 1.

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Trump criticized for firing BLS chief after jobs report

Bureau of Labor Statistics chief Erika McEntarfer oversaw a July jobs report that the president claims was rigged

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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 that's central to the economy.

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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.” ...

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The ‘Trust America’ Trade Is Under Threat. Why the Jobs Report, BLS Firing, and Fed Resignation Sparked Market Jitters.

A so-called “sell America” trade, which led in part to the weakest 7-month stretch for the dollar in five decades, developed ...

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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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How reliable is the jobs data? Economists and Wall Street still trust it

The monthly jobs report is already closely-watched on Wall Street and in Washington but has taken on a new importance after President Donald Trump on Friday fired the official who oversees it.

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Former BLS commissioner says it’s not possible to rig jobs numbers

On Friday, President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Erika McEntarfer, after the July jobs report ...

Trump Fired America’s Economic Data Collector. History Shows the Perils.

When President Trump didn’t like the weak jobs numbers that were released on Friday, he fired the person responsible for ...

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