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Trump’s firing of statistics chief sparks unease
Trump’s decision to dismiss (BLS) chief Erika McEntarfer was taken on Friday afternoon, just hours after that body released a jobs report which included heavy revisionism of earlier data for jobs ...
White House economist backs Trump firing Labor stats head, hits 'partisan pattern' in jobs data: 'Propaganda'
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett supports President Trump firing Bureau of Labor Statistics head, citing ...
Republicans Suddenly Distrust Jobs Data After Trump Fires Statistics Chief
President Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics forced his allies into the awkward spot of ...
The Forward on MSN1d
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 new BLS Chief with ‘credibility,’ ‘experience’
President Trump has said he will choose a new Commissioner for the Bureau of Labor Statistics within the next three to four ...
Opinion
Trump's firing of his labor statistics chief is an ill-fated political maneuver
Trump’s attempt to bury unflattering information serves as a diversion from what could be a looming economic storm. Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, says he believes the “economy is ...
Real Strains Inside the BLS Made It Vulnerable to Trump’s Accusations
President Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday ignited a crisis at the U.S.’s top ...