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'We have to have accurate data': Rep. Don Bacon reacts to President Trump firing labor statistics chief
Bacon spoke to CNN Monday night. He said it was a mistake to fire the director before getting the facts first. Bacon called ...
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September Fed Rate Cut Odds Soar to 94.4% Following Soft U.S. Jobs Data
The Fed is expected to cut interest rates by 25 basis points in September, with a 94.4% probability, according to CME's ...
In rejecting the jobs report, Trump follows his own playbook of discrediting unfavorable data
Trump has a go-to playbook if the numbers reveal uncomfortable realities, and that’s to discredit or conceal the figures and to attack the messenger — all of which can hurt the president's efforts to ...
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 ...
Who is Erika McEntarfer? Why did Donald Trump fire the U.S. Labor Statistics Chief amid the jobs report row?
Trump fires BLS head Erika McEntarfer over "rigged" jobs report, raising concerns about economic data integrity and agency independence.
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Labor data official: Agency’s ‘mission is unchanged’
The Bureau of Labor Statistics signaled to staff members Monday morning that work would continue as usual at the statistical agency, where President Donald Trump fired the top official Friday over a ...
US administration's firing of statistics official risks negative impacts including politicization of economic data: JPMorgan chief economist
The firing of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)'s top official by the US administration may risk negative impacts including the politicization of economic data, according to a research note from ...