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Trump doubles down on claim that jobs numbers are rigged
President Donald Trump continued his diatribe against the July jobs numbers on Monday in a social media post, repeating his ...
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 ...
Trump fired the BLS chief for a bad jobs report. Here’s how those numbers are gathered
President Trump fired the BLS commissioner after a disappointing July jobs report. The BLS is an independent agency that operates under the Labor Department. BLS jobs data comes from surveys of U.S.
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 ...
Trump axes Labor Statistics chief after his poor jobs report: ‘I believe the numbers were phony ... so I fired her’
UPDATED: Following a jobs report Friday that showed the U.S. labor market slowing, Donald Trump took aim at the statistics ...
The U.S. job market is worse than we thought. Here's why it matters for you.
July's dismal jobs report showed that the economy added only 73,000 jobs instead of the expected 100,000 and revised away 258 ...
Trump fires Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner after disappointing job numbers
President Trump said he ordered his administration to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer after the ...
US job growth stalls: Just 73,000 jobs added in July, with ‘stunning’ downward revisions to recent months
The US job market slowed substantially in July and was much weaker than first estimated for prior months, suggesting ...
Official jobs numbers show it's a bad time to be looking for work—unless you're in this field
The U.S. economy added just 73,000 nonfarm jobs in July, according to the latest jobs report from the Bureau of Labor ...
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, ...
Steve Moore warns job creation numbers are ‘increasingly unreliable’ amid weak July report
Former Trump economic advisor Steve Moore discusses the July jobs report and President Donald Trump’s efforts to make a new ...
Contentious July jobs report confirms the U.S. economy is slowing sharply. Here’s why
The weakness in job growth points to an economy that may be slowing even more than some of the traditional metrics are showing.