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The jobs report is a big deal. Trump’s response is an even bigger one.
On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released a jobs report that upended the narrative pundits, journalists, government ...
Political bias vs. Trump? Here’s how the U.S. jobs report is really put together.
How exactly does the BLS assemble the critical jobs report? And what is the commissioner’s role? Here’s what we know.
U.S. Enters Uncharted Waters With Next Jobs Report
Thousands of invisible, far-reaching decisions flow from the stream of reports the BLS compiles. When faith in the government ...
In rejecting the jobs report, Trump follows his own playbook of discrediting unfavorable data
President Donald Trump has a pattern of dismissing or altering data that reflects poorly on him. During his first term, the ...
In his own words: Trump’s comments over the past year on the jobs report
In firing the head of the agency that produces monthly jobs figures, President Donald Trump alleged that the recent ...
Donald Trump's Hated Jobs Report Might Bring Him Good News
Though Trump rejects the results of the report, Friday's jobs figures could raise the chances that the Fed cuts rates next ...
The jobs report that enraged Trump was flashing a recession warning sign
The bad news in last Friday’s jobs report may have been overshadowed when President Donald Trump fired the commissioner in ...
5 things to know about the jobs report controversy that has economists defending government data
Response rates to government surveys have plummeted since COVID, but experts say that doesn't mean the numbers are wrong ...
Trump says the Bureau of Labor Statistics orchestrated a ‘scam.’ Here’s how the jobs report really works
President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that the massive revisions to the latest jobs report constituted a “scam.” ...
Trump Fires Labor Statistics Chief After Jobs Report
President Donald Trump directed his Administration on Friday to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after the ...
Reed demands probe into Trump’s firing of official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report
PROVIDENCE — US Senator Jack Reed is calling for a special investigation into President Trump’s abrupt firing of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics following a weaker-than-expected ...