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Trump fires BLS commissioner after U.S. added only 73,000 jobs in July
Jobs growth was slower than expected as the unemployment rate rose in July, leading to the firing of Bureau of Labor ...
Instant View: US job growth sharply slows in July, unemployment rate ticks higher
U.S. job growth slower much more than expected in July, and the data from the prior month was revised sharply lower, ...
Federal Government Shed 12,000 Jobs in July
The U.S. government has lost 84,000 jobs since January as the Trump administration aggressively reduces the work force.
Economists push back on Trump’s assertion that July jobs data was ‘rigged’
Labor economist Aaron Sojourner said President Donald Trump’s decision to fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner ...
Australian job ads fall 1% in July, ANZ-Indeed data shows
Australian job advertisements fell in July, dragged down by the education and retail sectors, but that only partly offset the ...
US job growth stalls: Just 73,000 jobs added in July, with ‘stunning’ downward revisions to recent months
The US job market slowed substantially in July and was much weaker than first estimated for prior months, suggesting ...
In Rejecting the Jobs Report, Trump Follows His Own Playbook of Discrediting Unfavorable Data
And on Friday, when the July jobs report revisions showed a distressed economy, Trump had an answer: He fired the official in ...
Strains at Jobs Data Bureau Left It Exposed to Trump's Attack
Job-market data is revised every month, but the latest changes caused a stir. They point to a challenge that has dogged the Bureau of Labor Statistics for years: a requirement to quickly produce ...