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Trump orders firing of statistics chief after weak jobs report and data revisions
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported earlier on Friday that the US had added 73,000 jobs in July, far lower than expected.
Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report
President Donald Trump on Friday had his team remove the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures, after a ...
Trump fires BLS commissioner after weak jobs report and baseless claim of 'faked' stats
President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday after a new jobs report showed a ...
July jobs report: It’s a bad, terrible, not-so-good report. Here are the gory details.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the data will decide whether the central bank can cut rates in September. So all eyes are on the ...
Trump dismisses Labor Dept. official following weak jobs report; markets drop on employment data and tariffs news
Trump announces new tariffs on countries that haven't made deals with U.S. as stock market dips. Bureau of Labor Statistics ...
Trump's long history of bashing jobs report numbers dates back to 2016: ANALYSIS
Trump's public frustrations with the economics and statistics agency appear to date back to his 2016 presidential campaign.
Weak Jobs Report Raises Chances of a September Interest Rate Cut
The Federal Reserve held rates steady in July but two governors dissented, saying they had concerns about labor market ...
The shock jobs report sets off this recession alert and holds fresh clues that AI may be boosting unemployment, JPMorgan says
“We have consistently emphasized that a slide in labor demand of this magnitude is a recession warning signal,” JPMorgan ...