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Trump orders firing of statistics chief after weak jobs report and data revisions

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported earlier on Friday that the US had added 73,000 jobs in July, far lower than expected.

Trump fires labor statistics boss hours after the release of weak jobs report

Without evidence, Trump called the data "rigged" and implied that BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer manipulated the numbers ...

Trump fires BLS commissioner after weak jobs report and baseless claim of 'faked' stats

President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday after a new jobs report showed a ...

July jobs report: It’s a bad, terrible, not-so-good report. Here are the gory details.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the data will decide whether the central bank can cut rates in September. So all eyes are on the ...

Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report

President Donald Trump on Friday called for the firing of the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures after ...

Trump's long history of bashing jobs report numbers dates back to 2016: ANALYSIS

Trump's history of criticizing the Bureau of Labor Statistics' jobs report has surfaced in the wake of his decision to fire ...

Fed stands pat on rates, but jobs report signals it may regret It: This week in markets

After nearly four months of relentless gains, Wall Street took a step back, with major indexes finishing the week lower.

Trump dismisses Labor Dept. official following weak jobs report; markets drop on employment data and tariffs news

Trump announces new tariffs on countries that haven't made deals with U.S. as stock market dips. Bureau of Labor Statistics ...