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Trump fires labor statistics chief

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."

NBC News on MSN · 15h

Trump fires labor statistics boss hours after the release of weak jobs report

Without evidence, Trump called the data "rigged" and implied that BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer manipulated the numbers "for political purposes."

Yahoo · 40m

‘Grow up’: Republican Senators slam Trump for firing labor statistics chief over weak jobs report

President Trump took to Truth Social this week to announce he'd directed the termination of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics just hours after a weak jobs report showed signs of a clear slowdown in the job market.

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Trump fires Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner hours after weak jobs report

President Trump posted on social media that he had ordered the firing of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, ...

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 ...

Economy likely created 115,000 jobs in July as labor market loses momentum

The American job market is deteriorating -- ever so slowly. It’s not showing up as widespread layoffs. The unemployment rate ...

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, ...

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