trump bls - Search News

News

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Trump and jobs report

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 major slowdown of hiring in recent months. In a social media post, Trump volleyed sharp criticism and baseless accusations at Erika McEntarfer, a Biden appointee who was confirmed by the Senate in 2024.

CNN on MSN · 32m

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.” Yet revisions by the BLS were neither historic nor evidence of corruption.

Cryptopolitan on MSN · 7h

Trump fired BLS chief Erika McEntarfer after weak job numbers without offering solid evidence

President Trump’s economic team is now trying to defend his sudden decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and they’re doing it without a clear case or solid numbers. National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett was all over TV today trying to explain the firing,

Trump, BLS and fire McEntarfer

Fox Business on MSN · 5h

Trump calls fired BLS commissioner's job numbers the 'biggest miscalculations in over 50 years'

U.S. President Donald Trump accused BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of faking employment data to all-time highs before the U.S. presidential election.

News Nation on MSN · 11h

BLS chief Trump accused of data fraud responds to firing

The president responded to the lackluster July jobs report by directing his team to fire the chief of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

MarketWatch on MSN · 3h

Trump’s firing of BLS commissioner decried as ‘groundless’ and ‘giving way to authoritarianism’

President Donald Trump’s firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics official in charge of compiling jobs data was sharply criticized Sunday, with one former commissioner saying the move undermined the agency’s credibility.

PolitiFact1d

Trump’s baseless ‘manipulated’ data claim in firing BLS chief Erika McEntarfer follows long history

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 ...

India Today on MSN5h

Trump to name new Federal Reserve and BLS chiefs in next couple of days

The Fed said on Friday that Governor Adriana Kugler was resigning early from her term, leaving an opening for Trump, a sharp ...

1don MSN

Trump Ousts BLS Chief. What It Means for Investors.

Trump’s decision to fire BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer unfolded after the agency released July jobs numbers and issued ...

Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz: Trump firing BLS head ‘like driving a car with no odometer'

After a weak jobs report on Friday, Trump responded by firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But as Nobel ...

Kevin Hassett repeatedly defends Trump's decision to fire BLS commissioner

White House Economic Council director Kevin Hassett defended President Trump's decision to fire the head of the Bureau of ...

Boeing Defense Union to Strike at Midnight, Trump on BLS Firing, More

Bloomberg News Now is a comprehensive audio report of today's top stories. Hear the latest news, updated throughout the day, covering global business stories in just a few minutes.

Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you

Show inaccessible results

News

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Trump and jobs report

Trump, BLS and fire McEntarfer

Related topics