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In rejecting the jobs report, Trump follows his own playbook of discrediting unfavorable data
Trump has a go-to playbook if the numbers reveal uncomfortable realities, and that’s to discredit or conceal the figures and ...
Trump’s firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics head is a banana republic move
You’ve probably heard the urban legend about the 19th-century naturalist who spent his life traveling the world collecting ...
Why does the Labor Department revise jobs reports? Here are 3 reasons
The Bureau of Labor Statistics' jobs report revisions are standard practice to improve data accuracy as more businesses ...
How is Bureau of Labor Statistics data collected, and why is Trump targeting it?
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has been thrust into the spotlight after President Trump criticized its federal jobs report ...
Former labor statistics chief says commissioner has "no control" over jobs report numbers
President Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner on Friday. The reason cited, though it lacked evidence, was ...
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 ...
Finance & Commerce35m
Economists defend reliability of jobs data despite Trump’s criticism
The monthly jobs report is already closely-watched on Wall Street and in Washington but has taken on a new importance after ...
The jobs report that enraged Trump was flashing a recession warning sign
The bad news in last Friday’s jobs report may have been overshadowed when President Donald Trump fired the commissioner in ...
Trump says he doesn’t trust the jobs data, but Wall Street and economists do
The monthly jobs report is already closely-watched on Wall Street and in Washington but has taken on a new importance after ...
There’s no sure cure for what ails the U.S. jobs report. Trump’s BLS firing could make matters worse.
President Trump’s pick to run the federal agency that produces the critical U.S. jobs report might not be able to make it ...
Opinion
Trump's firing of his labor statistics chief is an ill-fated political maneuver
Trump’s attempt to bury unflattering information serves as a diversion from what could be a looming economic storm. Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, says he believes the “economy is ...
The labor market just hit a wall. Here's what experts say it means for the economy and your job.
Friday's unexpectedly weak jobs report signals that some sectors are cutting back on hiring amid economic uncertainty.