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Bernie Sanders Responded After Trump Fired The Head Of The Bureau Of Labor Statistics, And Everyone's Like, "YUP"
On Friday, after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released a report showing weak July hiring numbers and significant downward ...
Trump ‘has convinced himself’ jobs data manipulated for election: Haberman
New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman said Tuesday that President Trump “has convinced himself” that jobs data was ...
A former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner on the firing of BLS head
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with former Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erica Groshen about the firing of one of her successors over the latest jobs numbers.
Economists push back on Trump’s assertion that July jobs data was ‘rigged’
Labor economist Aaron Sojourner said President Donald Trump’s decision to fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner ...
The U.S. job market was weak in July, and previous months were worse than thought
Sharp revisions of government data show the U.S. created 33,000 jobs total in May and June, while July’s number came in soft, ...
Economy added just 73,000 jobs in July: The key facts and figures
The headline The economy added 73,000 jobs in July and the unemployment rate rose a tenth of a percentage point to 4.2%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. Investors had expected roughly ...