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BLS does have a jobs data problem

Insider on MSN · 1d

The BLS does have a jobs data problem, but it's not what Trump says

President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the BLS after a disappointing jobs report. It likely won't help the data get better.

POLITICO on MSN · 2d

After BLS firing, Trump leaves clean-up job to successor

The statistical agency's problems predate Trump, but experts say it can't be easily fixed without more resources

UPI on MSN · 5d

Trump fires BLS commissioner after U.S. added only 73,000 jobs in July

Jobs growth was slower than expected as the unemployment rate rose in July, leading to the firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer.

Trump, Bureau of Labor Statistics and jobs report

CNN on MSN · 2d

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.

The Wall Street Journal · 4d

Trump Orders Firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Chief After Weak Jobs Report

President Trump said he directed his team to fire the top Bureau of Labor Statistics official after the bureau issued a weak jobs report on Friday. Trump in a social media post said Erika McEntarfer,

The Financial Times · 1d

US labour data agency was teetering even before Donald Trump fired its chief

Donald Trump’s firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics has exposed deepening fissures within a data agency vital to measuring the strength of the world’s largest economy. The US president sacked BLS commissioner Erika McEntarfer hours after the agency on Friday published a gloomy July jobs report,

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Did DOGE contribute to the BLS jobs report that Trump hated? Economist Mark Zandi thinks so

Elon Musk’s DOGE may have completed much of its work in the federal bureaucracy, but the trickle-down effect from Musk’s ...

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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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Trump doubles down on his decision to fire BLS chief after disappointing jobs report

President Donald Trump continues to claim without evidence that the jobs report was "totally rigged." ...

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Bank of America's CEO responds to weak jobs report that spurred Trump firing of BLS chief

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan said there must be better ways to collect employment data after President Trump fired the ...

Council on Foreign Relations2d

Trump Fires BLS Chief, Skips Causes of Weak Jobs Report

The president has not commented on his policy priorities—including immigration, government efficiency, trade, and AI ...

Former BLS commissioner says it’s not possible to rig jobs numbers

On Friday, President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Erika McEntarfer, after the July jobs report ...

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Trump calls fired BLS commissioner's job numbers the 'biggest miscalculations in over 50 years'

"I was just informed that our Country's 'Jobs Numbers' are being produced by a Biden Appointee, Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the ...

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