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Trump Fires Bureau Of Labor Statistics Commissioner Over Data Integrity Concerns
President Donald Trump fired the nation’s top labor statistics official over the weekend while igniting a political firestorm ...
Labor statistics agency aims to calm furor after Trump fires commissioner
The Bureau of Labor Statistics signaled to staff members Monday morning that work would continue as usual at the statistical ...
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 ...
The BLS does have a jobs data problem, but it's not what Trump says
President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the BLS after a disappointing jobs report. It likely won't help the data get ...
Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report
Trump removed the head of the agency producing monthly jobs figures after a report showed hiring slowed in July and was weak ...
Strains at Jobs Data Bureau Left It Exposed to Trump's Attack
Job-market data is revised every month, but the latest changes caused a stir. They point to a challenge that has dogged the Bureau of Labor Statistics for years: a requirement to quickly produce ...