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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 ...
Trump's attacks on Fed, data integrity weigh on US dollar forecasts: Reuters poll
The U.S. dollar will weaken steadily over the coming months on mounting concerns over the Federal Reserve's independence, the ...
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 ...
The Labor Market Confirms That the Fed Has Made a Policy Error
As weak as the headline figures appear, it was the fine print that confirmed the Fed’s policy error. The government revised ...
Labor department’s data upset may have sealed the deal for a Fed interest rate cut
Until Friday, analysts had little confidence that the U.S. Federal Reserve was about to deliver an interest rate cut, but ...
The Bureau of Labor Denial
It isn’t easy being an economic adviser to President Trump.
Trump's economic power play: fed and jobs data in the crosshairs
President Trump shaking up two key economic posts, firing the nations top jobs data official and eyeing another pick for the ...