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Who is Erika McEntarfer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner fired by Trump?
Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, has been fired after releasing a jobs report that ...
Republican senators raise concerns about Trump's firing of Labor Department official
Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday after the agency released a jobs report that showed a ...
Trump vs. the Bureau of Labor Statistics: Why This Firing Could Burn Your Finances
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Trump says the Bureau of Labor Statistics orchestrated a ‘scam.’ Here’s how the jobs report really works
President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that the massive revisions to the latest jobs report constituted a “scam.” ...
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Trump’s firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics chief over baseless data claims follows a familiar pattern
William Beach, who was Trump’s first-term Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, called the firing “baseless” and “damaging” in a letter co-signed by Erica Groshen, who preceded Beach and was ...
Trump fired the labor statistics chief and the markets shrugged. That’s concerning.
President Donald Trump’s firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer — a widely respected economist ...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics Is Not the Problem
Losing highly reliable, accurate and transparent data on the health of the world’s largest economy would be perilous.
Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report
Trump removed the head of the agency producing monthly jobs figures after a report showed hiring slowed in July and was weak ...
Trump's firing of the labor statistics chief could lead to a financial crisis
Government economic data can no longer be trusted or relied upon under this administration. That has consequences.