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Bernie Sanders Responded After Trump Fired The Head Of The Bureau Of Labor Statistics, And Everyone's Like, "YUP"

On Friday, after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released a report showing weak July hiring numbers and significant downward ...

Trump Says Bessent Won’t Be Fed Nominee, Doubles Down on ‘Rigged’ Job Data Claim

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Fallout from Bureau of Labor and Statistics firing as new tariffs go into effect

President Trump fired the BLS chair Erika McEntarfer on Friday, claiming without evidence that jobs data was manipulated, and pledged to announce a replacement soon.

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, ...

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 ...

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

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers blasted President Donald Trump's firing of a top Bureau of Labor Statistics official.