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‘The neutrality of the agency has been eliminated:’ Stats-based feds decry BLS chief’s firing
Employees express concern Trump's firing of the commissioner, which followed a weak jobs report, will lead to future ...
Trump contorts timeline of jobs report revisions in effort to justify firing BLS chief
Trump's firing of the BLS commissioner has raised fears that government employment data, used to make major economic policy decisions, will become politicized.
White House economist backs Trump firing Labor stats head, hits 'partisan pattern' in jobs data: 'Propaganda'
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett supports President Trump firing Bureau of Labor Statistics head, citing ...
How Trump decided to fire a little-known statistician, sparking conspiracy theories about government data
President Donald Trump was fuming about the July jobs report signaling a significant slowdown in the economy when he recalled ...
White House searches for new BLS Chief with ‘credibility,’ ‘experience’
President Trump has said he will choose a new Commissioner for the Bureau of Labor Statistics within the next three to four ...
Trump fired the labor statistics chief and the markets shrugged. That’s concerning.
Trump fired the labor statistics chief and the markets shrugged. That’s concerning.