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Fact Check Team: Politicization or poor performance? Trump fires BLS commissioner
President Donald Trump fired Erika McEntarfer, the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), citing her mishandling of ...
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Trump’s Firing of BLS Chief Is Bound to Backfire
What happens next can only go wrong for him and the U.S. Here’s what experts and critics are arguing in the aftermath.
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Trump fired a commissioner over bad jobs numbers. Nixon targeted a ‘Jewish cabal’ at the same agency
Fifty years-plus after Nixon demanded a tally of Jewish staffers at the BLS, Trump fired Erika McEntarfer over numbers he ...
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 ...
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 ...
When Trump Changes His Mind, Republicans Find a Way to Fall in Line
President Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics forced his allies into the awkward spot of ...
Why is reliable data important for the economy? Experts weigh in
A host of policymakers, businesses and consumers rely on BLS data. The monthly inflation report is crucial to the Federal ...
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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 ...
Until Trump Fired Her, She Was an Economist With Bipartisan Support
Erika McEntarfer led the agency that produced key data on jobs and inflation. Then July’s report showed a weakening economy, ...