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Trump says US jobs report was ‘rigged’: Here’s how it actually works — EXPLAINED
After weak employment data, President Trump criticized the BLS and fired its commissioner, claiming job numbers were rigged.
In Rejecting the Jobs Report, Trump Follows His Own Playbook of Discrediting Unfavorable Data
When the coronavirus surged during President Donald Trump’s first term, he called for a simple fix: Limit the amount of ...
Fact Check Team: Politicization or poor performance? Trump fires BLS commissioner
President Donald Trump fired Erika McEntarfer, the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), citing her mishandling of ...
How reliable is the jobs data? Economists and Wall Street still trust it
Most economists say that the Bureau of Labor Statistics is a nonpolitical agency staffed by people obsessed with getting the ...
'We have to have accurate data': Rep. Don Bacon reacts to President Trump firing labor statistics chief
Bacon spoke to CNN Monday night. He said it was a mistake to fire the director before getting the facts first. Bacon called ...
US dollar gains after Fridays slump as Fed cuts loom; Swiss franc drops
The policy-sensitive two-year Treasury yield fell to a three-month low of 3.659% on Monday as traders heavily upped bets of a Fed cut in September, while the benchmark 10-year yield strayed not too ...