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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 ...

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 ...

Fallout from Trump’s BLS shake-up

Trump turned years of skepticism about government economic data into action, firing the BLS commissioner after a ...

Nebraska Republican faces rowdy town hall with questions about Epstein files and fired BLS chief

In between, the Nebraska Republican was consistently heckled while responding to questions about releasing more information ...

Trump’s BLS Firing Tests Wall Street’s Reliance on Government Data

Some fear a decline in the world-leading economic statistics underpinning U.S. markets ...

After Trump sacks BLS boss, Democrats fear these seven words the most

President Trump's declaration that "we need people that we can trust" after his firing of the BLS commissioner has left ...

‘Trust America’ Trade 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 ...

'A bureaucrat in the government is being punished for telling the truth,' BLS firing chills market

CNBC Senior Economics Reporter Steve Liesman joins Nicolle Wallace to break down the impact of Trump's unprecedented decision ...