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‘Give me a break’: Trump says he hired Fed chair Powell as a ‘favor’ after CNBC host presses him on labor bureau firing
Trump defended his recent decision to fire head of BLS while distancing himself from his past decision to hire Fed chair ...
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 ...
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 ...
Ex-Trump official criticizes him for firing head of statistics agency
An official who ran the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics during President Donald Trump’s first term is criticizing Trump ...
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Trump to name new Federal Reserve governor, Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner in coming days
Possible candidates for the Fed governor position include National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett, former Fed ...
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 Says Bessent Won’t Be Fed Nominee, Doubles Down on ‘Rigged’ Job Data Claim
President Donald Trump doubled down on claims that the Bureau of Labor Statistics had “rigged” jobs data during a Tuesday ...