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White House searches for new BLS Chief with ‘credibility,’ ‘experience’

President Trump has said he will choose a new Commissioner for the Bureau of Labor Statistics within the next three to four days, after firing the most recent Commissioner in response to a poor jobs report.

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White House officials defend Trump's firing of BLS chief over job data shake-up

At the centre of the controversy is the BLS report issued Friday, which revised previous job growth estimates downward. The report showed that 258,000 fewer jobs were created in May and June than initially reported.

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Trump stokes conspiracies about jobs data, as White House defends firing BLS chief

The comments are the latest effort by the White House to undercut economic data that does not fit within Trump's political narrative.

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Trump criticized for firing BLS chief after jobs report

Bureau of Labor Statistics chief Erika McEntarfer oversaw a July jobs report that the president claims was rigged ...

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White House economist backs Trump firing Labor stats head, hits 'partisan pattern' in jobs data: 'Propaganda'

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett supports President Trump firing Bureau of Labor Statistics head, citing ...

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Why the market is shrugging off Trump's firing of the BLS chief

Markets appear unfazed by Trump's shocking move to fire the BLS chief. Stronger rate-cut odds and solid earnings are helping ...

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How Trump decided to fire a little-known statistician, sparking conspiracy theories about government data

President Donald Trump was fuming about the July jobs report signaling a significant slowdown in the economy when he recalled ...

Kevin Hassett defends Trump's firing of BLS chief: ‘I’ve never seen revisions like this’

In an interview with Meet the Press, White House National Economic Adviser Kevin Hassett defends President Trump’s decision ...

How Wall Street & DC are reacting to Trump's BLS firing

Yahoo Finance Markets Reporter Josh Schafer joins Market Domination with Josh Lipton to explain how economists and ...

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Padilla on BLS chief firing: ‘I think an investigation is certainly in order’

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said on Sunday he would support an investigation into President Trump’s firing of the ...

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White House searches for a new BLS chief with 'credibility' and 'experience'

Trump fired the previous head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after he was unhappy with a weaker-than-expected July jobs ...

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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 ...

Top Trump Adviser Fails To Offer Evidence That Jobs Reports Were ‘Rigged’

One of Trump’s top economic advisers wasn’t able to point to much when asked for evidence to support the president’s ...

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