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As recently as last Thursday, Unhedged argued that “Rate cuts would be a bad decision right now,” and we have long supported ...
President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that the massive revisions to the latest jobs report constituted a “scam.” ...
President Donald Trump’s acolytes are scrambling to rationalize his decision to fire the nation’s top labor statistician ...
The president fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner on Friday after poor job numbers. A Federal Reserve governor ...
It's been a case of buy the dip so far on Monday as U.S. and European stock futures edge up, along with the dollar. The ...
The skilled nursing workforce gained just 2,000 jobs last month, and CCRCs and assisted living communities added only 1,100 jobs..
When authoritarianism encroaches, apologists often present a strongman’s power grabs as rational — even imperative for the ...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics was a dumpster fire during her tenure as commissioner.
On Sunday, William Beach, who preceded McEntarfer as BLS commissioner, told CNN's "State of the Union" that her firing was "groundless," and that there was "no way" for her to rig the numbers, since ...
U.S. President Donald Trump accused BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of faking employment data to all-time highs before the ...
Top economic advisers pushed back against criticism that Trump's action could undermine confidence in official U.S. economic data.
It is too soon to know whether the United States is on a similar path. But economists and other experts said that Mr. Trump’s ...