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Warren says BLS Commissioner firing ‘politicizes’ jobs data

After the jobs report came out, Trump fired BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer. Warren defended McEntarfer, saying she had “been there [at the BLS] a long time." ...

Trump calls fired BLS commissioner's job numbers the 'biggest miscalculations in over 50 years'

U.S. President Donald Trump accused BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of faking employment data to all-time highs before the ...

Trump says jobs data is 'rigged' — Could there be a fix?

As Trump fires BLS chief, Cardone tells TheStreet Roundtable that blockchain offers truth — but won’t fix bad policy.
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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 ...

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 ...

Jobs data revisions are common. Here's how the process works.

President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, claiming that last week’s jobs report “was ...

White House Says Terrible Jobs Data 'Must Be a Typo'

The White House believes unusual jobs data revisions prove the recently fired Bureau of Labor chief was manipulating statistics.

‘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 ...