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Ballmer’s USAFacts warns against politicizing data after Trump fires BLS chief over jobs report
USAFacts, the nonpartisan group founded by Steve Ballmer, warns against politicizing government data after Trump fires the ...
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 ...
Trump fires BLS commissioner after weak jobs report and baseless claim of 'faked' stats
President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday after a new jobs report showed a ...
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." ...
The Journalist's Resource1d
How and why the Bureau of Labor Statistics revises U.S. job numbers
The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics regularly publishes a suite of reports and datasets that businesses, journalists, ...
Council on Foreign Relations5d
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 ...
WBUR5d
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 ...
Bessent: How Can The Fed Set Rates When Jobs Data Is This Broken? "This Was A Five Standard Deviation Mistake"
Treasury Secretary Bessent defended President Trump's decision to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) head Erika McEntarfer after unprecedented downward revisions to May and June jobs figures ...