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Trump again bashes jobs report

Trump fires labor official over weak jobs number, orders criminal probes of past opponents

Trump fires Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika McEntarfer after disappointing July jobs report, claiming the 73,000 job gain figure was rigged against Republicans.

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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.

Axios on MSN · 17h

What to know about the Bureau of Labor Statistics and jobs report targeted by Trump

The Trump administration is scrutinizing the Bureau of Labor Statistics' employment data, key metrics that demonstrate the health of the U.S. economy. Why it matters: The monthly jobs report is one of the most important pieces of economic data,

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Trump right to fire official in charge of jobs numbers, Cassidy and Louisiana Senate rivals say

President Trump's decision to fire the Labor Department official who oversees the jobs report has prompted howls of protest.

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Fact check: No evidence for Trump's claims of ‘rigged' or ‘phony' job numbers

Hours after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released employment data showing slow job growth for July and prior months, ...

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Facing facts about Trump and the jobs numbers

In announcing the firing of the government’s chief labor statistician last week, President Trump condemned the works of Erika McEntarfer as “phony.” McEntarfer was just the 16th commissioner of ...

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Trump's BLS firing impacts perceptions more than numbers

The removal of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics is unlikely to change government data practices in the near ...

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