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USA TODAY on MSN · 2m

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."

The Baltimore Sun · 36m

Economists push back on Trump’s assertion that July jobs data was ‘rigged’

Labor economist Aaron Sojourner said President Donald Trump’s decision to fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner shakes public trust in government data. He said BLS staff members have

FactCheck.org on MSN · 18h

Fact check: 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.

Trump fired labor statistics chief

The Washington Post on MSN · 20h

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.

CNN on MSN · 1d

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.

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.

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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 ...

3don MSN

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 ...

6hon MSN

Why does the Labor Department revise jobs reports? Here are 3 reasons

The Bureau of Labor Statistics' jobs report revisions are standard practice to improve data accuracy as more businesses ...

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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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