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Real Strains Inside the BLS Made It Vulnerable to Trump’s Accusations
Staffing shortfalls have forced the BLS to stop collecting prices in Lincoln, Neb.; Provo, Utah; and Buffalo, N.Y. In the rest of the country, the bureau is also missing an average of about 15% of the ...
Can we still trust the monthly jobs report? (Update)
Since his return to office, President Trump has waged something of a pressure campaign on economic data and the people in charge of delivering it. His firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics ...
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 ...
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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 ...
The ‘Trust America’ Trade Is Under Threat. Why the Jobs Report, BLS Firing, and Fed Resignation Sparked Market Jitters.
A so-called “sell America” trade, which led in part to the weakest 7-month stretch for the dollar in five decades, developed ...
Why were US job numbers which riled Trump revised down by so much?
President Trump has fired the head of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics after the department revised down job numbers which ...
White House officials defend firing of labour official as critics warn of lowering public trust
Trump replaced Erika McEntarfer as director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday, accused her of faking jobs number ...