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Trump fires labor official over weak jobs number, orders criminal probes of past opponents

Trump fires Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika McEntarfer after disappointing July jobs report, claiming the 73,000 job gain figure was rigged against Republicans.

Fox Business on MSN · 19h

Bank of America's CEO responds to weak jobs report that spurred Trump firing of BLS chief

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan said there must be better ways to collect employment data after President Trump fired the BLS commissioner following a weak jobs report.

The Washington Post · 17h

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 weaker-than-expected numbers were phony and that positive numbers reported before th

Trump says he doesn’t trust jobs data

The Associated Press - Busines… · 5h

How reliable is the jobs data? Economists and Wall Street still trust it

Most economists say that the Bureau of Labor Statistics is a nonpolitical agency staffed by people obsessed with getting the numbers right. The only political appointee is the commissioner, who doesn’t see the data until it’s finalized, two days before it is issued to the public.

MSNBC · 1d

Economist slams Trump for undermining job data credibility

President Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner, slamming her for a weak jobs report and claiming she ‘rigged’ the data. Former Council of Economic Advisers Chair Jared Bernstein joins Erielle Reshef to explain how such a move undermines U.

Axios Sneak Peek on MSN · 1d

U.S. jobs data "very unreliable," top Trump econ adviser says

The labor statistics chief that President Trump fired Friday is a "terrific person, but the jobs data her agency produced has become "very unreliable," National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett said Sunday.

Jobs data revisions are common. Here's how process works.

CBS News on MSN · 11h

How unusual are jobs numbers revisions? According to experts, they're a common feature.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics last week issued a steep downward revision to May and June's hiring numbers, prompting President Trump to call the edits "miscalculations" by the department's commissioner, whom he subsequently fired, in a social media post on Aug. 1.

NBC News on MSN · 18h

Jobs data revisions are common. Here's how the process works.

President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, claiming that last week’s jobs report “was rigged” without providing any evidence

Reuters · 19h

The jobs data revisions that cost a US government statistician her job

The revisions to previous estimates of the size of U.S. payrolls gains for May and June that prompted President Donald Trump to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer were by any measure extraordinarily large.

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In rejecting the jobs report, Trump follows his own playbook of discrediting unfavorable data

When the coronavirus surged during President Donald Trump’s first term, he called for a simple fix: Limit the amount of ...

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Stocks rise on Fed rate cut hopes after disappointing jobs data

Global stocks rose for a second session on Tuesday and the U.S. dollar steadied as investors raised bets the Federal Reserve ...

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Top Trump Adviser Fails To Offer Evidence That Jobs Reports Were ‘Rigged’

“The revisions are hard evidence,” National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett argued during a Sunday appearance on ...

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Microsoft study shows jobs most — and least — impacted by generative AI

Roofers and other jobs requiring physical labor are least vulnerable to AI impact, according to a study from Microsoft.

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Gold hovers near two-week high as weak US jobs data raises rate cut bets

Gold prices steadied on Tuesday, hovering near a two-week high hit in the last session, as softer U.S. jobs data bolstered ...

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Jobs in video games dried up, so we made our own

Getting work in gaming is harder and harder, especially for new starters. How are young developers following their passions?

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The hottest jobs today didn't exist a few years ago — and degrees won't get you there, one of LinkedIn's top economists told BI

From data scientist to content creator, many job titles didn't exist 20 years ago, said LinkedIn's head economist for ...

Marketplace15h

That bombshell jobs report? Some economists saw it coming.

Nguyen said sure, the report showed the labor market was weaker than he’d thought. But, he said, “the data actually reaffirms ...

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Trump, jobs and Bank of America

Trump says he doesn’t trust jobs data

Jobs data revisions are common. Here's how process works.

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