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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 ...
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 ...
Stocks tumble following new tariff announcement and weak jobs report
On “This Week,” ABC News’ chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl reports on Trump’s latest tariffs, weak jobs report ...
Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report
President Donald Trump on Friday had his team remove the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures, after a ...
Weak Jobs Report Raises Chances of a September Interest Rate Cut
The Federal Reserve held rates steady in July but two governors dissented, saying they had concerns about labor market ...
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 ...
The Jobs Report Stunned. The Fed Has to Recalculate.
The weak report changes the math for a central bank that has been trying to wait out the data. Before Friday, traders saw ...