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Trump's claims of 'rigged' jobs numbers challenged by CNBC host

CNBC news anchor Joe Kernen confronted President Trump over firing the top labor statistics chief, saying it "undermines confidence in the system."

Detroit Free Press on MSN · 5h

Trump pressed by CNBC anchor on claims of 'rigged' jobs numbers

Stephanie Ruhle breaks down President Trump's interview on CNBC, where he was grilled by "Squawk Box" co-anchor Joe Kernen on his claims that the "jobs numbers were rigged."

FactCheck.org on MSN · 1d

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, President Donald Trump fired the BLS commissioner, claiming the job numbers were "phony" and that the commissioner had "faked" other job figures to help Democrats.

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Fox News on MSN · 1d

Trump fires labor official over weak jobs number, orders criminal probes of past opponents

Trump fires Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika McEntarfer after disappointing July jobs report, claiming the 73,000 job gain figure was rigged against Republicans.

Truthout · 17h

Trump Doesn’t Like Jobs Numbers, Fires Head of Labor Stats

President Donald Trump has fired Erika McEntarfer, the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), after the agency reported that fewer jobs were added in May, June and July than projected.

The Washington Post on MSN · 1d

How is Bureau of Labor Statistics data collected, and why is Trump targeting it?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has been thrust into the spotlight after President Trump criticized its federal jobs report and fired commissioner Erika McEntarfer.

Trump, jobs

Associated Press News on MSN · 16h

Trump says he doesn’t trust the jobs data, but Wall Street and economists do

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.

The Washington Post - Video o… · 12h

Trump now says jobs reports can’t be trusted

For months, President Donald Trump touted jobs data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But after a bad jobs report, he now says the data can't be trusted.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

In Rejecting the Jobs Report, Trump Follows His Own Playbook of Discrediting Unfavorable Data

And on Friday, when the July jobs report revisions showed a distressed economy, Trump had an answer: He fired the official in charge of the data and called the report of a sharp slowdown in hiring “phony.

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Facing facts about Trump and the jobs numbers

In announcing the firing of the government’s chief labor statistician last week, President Trump condemned the works of Erika ...

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Jake Tapper Roasts Donald Trump’s War On Numbers With Taunting New Tagline

On Tuesday’s edition of “The Lead,” Tapper took aim at what he called “the disconnection of President Trump from facts and ...

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Why were US job numbers which riled Trump revised down by so much?

President Trump has fired the head of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics after the department revised down job numbers which ...

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Maggie Haberman Says Trump Believes His Own Falsehoods on Jobs Numbers: ‘He Has Convinced Himself’

CNN's Maggie Haberman said she believes President Donald Trump has managed to convince himself that the underwhelming jobs ...

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

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers called President Donald Trump's accusation without evidence that the top Bureau of ...

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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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Donald Trump "in denial" about job figures, economy—Nate Silver

Nate Silver is the founder of 538 and was one of the most prominent polling experts during last year's presidential election.

Mediaite on MSN2d

Kristen Welker Makes White House Adviser Watch Clips of Trump Touting Jobs Numbers He Now Says Were ‘Faked’

Kristen Welker confronted National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett on Meet the Press over President Donald Trump's ...

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