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White House searches for a new BLS chief with 'credibility' and 'experience'
Trump fired the previous head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after he was unhappy with a weaker-than-expected July jobs ...
Fact check: No evidence for Trump's claims of ‘rigged' or ‘phony' job numbers
Hours after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released employment data showing slow job growth for July and prior months, ...
Economists alarmed by Trump's firing of BLS commissioner and claims about 'concocted' jobs report
Economists say firing a top official for revisions to a jobs report sends a bad message and could destroy trust in data ...
Revisions are a common feature of any jobs report says former BLS commissioner
The Bureau of Labor Statistics last week issued a steep downward revision to May and June's hiring numbers, prompting ...
White House officials defend firing of labour statistics official as critics warn of trust erosion
Top White House economic advisers on Sunday defended U.S. President Donald Trump's firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor ...
The jobs data revisions that cost a US government statistician her job
The revisions to previous estimates of the size of U.S. payrolls gains for May and June that prompted President Donald Trump ...