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Trump economic adviser fires back at NBC host over 'shooting the messenger' claim about BLS firing
WH Economic Council director Kevin Hassett was pressed repeatedly on President Donald Trump's decision to fire the labor ...
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BLS chief Trump accused of data fraud responds to firing
The president responded to the lackluster July jobs report by directing his team to fire the chief of the Bureau of Labor ...
Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz: Trump firing BLS head ‘like driving a car with no odometer'
After a weak jobs report on Friday, Trump responded by firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But as Nobel ...
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 ...
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Trump’s baseless ‘manipulated’ data claim in firing BLS chief Erika McEntarfer follows long history
William Beach, who was Trump’s first-term Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, called the firing "baseless" and "damaging" in a letter co-signed by Erica Groshen, who preceded Beach and was ...
Trump sacks BLS chief after poor jobs report, as credibility of U.S. economic data comes under fire
President Trump on Friday fired the head of the government agency that produces the monthly jobs report, claiming without ...
Trump on BLS Chief Firing, Oil Dips on OPEC Output Hike, More
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Wall Street Brunch: The BLS Also Does The CPI
With BLS data suddenly suspect, can the markets trust nonfarm payrolls and the CPI? Palantir and McDonald’s among those ...