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Trump again bashes jobs report

In rejecting the jobs report, Trump follows his own playbook of discrediting unfavorable data

President Donald Trump has a pattern of dismissing or altering data that reflects poorly on him. During his first term, he suggested reducing COVID-19 testing to make the outbreak seem less severe.

CNN on MSN · 14h

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.

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In his own words: Trump's comments over the past year on the jobs report

In firing the head of the agency that produces monthly jobs figures, President Donald Trump alleged that the recent weaker-than-expected numbers were phony and that positive numbers reported before th

Trump says he doesn't trust jobs data

Associated Press News on MSN · 5h

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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Economist slams Trump for undermining job data credibility

President Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner, slamming her for a weak jobs report and claiming she ‘rigged’ the data. Former Council of Economic Advisers Chair Jared Bernstein joins Erielle Reshef to explain how such a move undermines U.

Axios Sneak Peek on MSN · 1d

U.S. jobs data "very unreliable," top Trump econ adviser says

The labor statistics chief that President Trump fired Friday is a "terrific person, but the jobs data her agency produced has become "very unreliable," National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett said Sunday.

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Trump fired the BLS chief for a bad jobs report. Here’s how those numbers are gathered

The Bureau of Labor Statistics uses surveys to collect economic data including employment counts, wages and inflation.

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Bank of America's CEO responds to weak jobs report that spurred Trump firing of BLS chief

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan said there must be better ways to collect employment data after President Trump fired the ...

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The jobs data revisions that cost a US government statistician her job

The revisions to previous estimates of the size of U.S. payrolls gains for May and June that prompted President Donald Trump ...

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Top Trump Adviser Fails To Offer Evidence That Jobs Reports Were ‘Rigged’

“The revisions are hard evidence,” National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett argued during a Sunday appearance on ...

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Tracking Trump: Trump attacks the jobs report; a VA proposal to end abortion services; Pirro confirmed as U.S. attorney; and more

Trump proposed restrictions on VA hospitals providing abortions. The Senate confirmed Fox host Jeanine Pirro as U.S. attorney ...

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Gold rises for fourth session as US jobs data lifts Fed rate cut bets

Gold nudged higher for a fourth session on Tuesday, supported by a softer dollar and lower Treasury yields as ...

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The hottest jobs today didn't exist a few years ago — and degrees won't get you there, one of LinkedIn's top economists told BI

From data scientist to content creator, many job titles didn't exist 20 years ago, said LinkedIn's head economist for ...

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That bombshell jobs report? Some economists saw it coming.

Nguyen said sure, the report showed the labor market was weaker than he’d thought. But, he said, “the data actually reaffirms ...

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