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Official jobs numbers show it's a bad time to be looking for work—unless you're in this field
The U.S. economy added just 73,000 nonfarm jobs in July, according to the latest jobs report from the Bureau of Labor ...
Trump fires labor official over weak jobs number, orders criminal probes of past opponents
Trump fires Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika McEntarfer after disappointing July jobs report, claiming the ...
Why Jobs Numbers Were Revised Sharply Downward for June, May
Job market data get revised every month. But rarely are the revisions as negative as the ones in Friday’s employment report.
Trump's Former Labor Statistics Chief Says There's 'No Way' Jobs Numbers Were 'Rigged'
William Beach criticized the president for the shock firing of Erika McEntarfer, his successor at the Bureau of Labor ...
Trump fired the BLS chief for a bad jobs report. Here’s how those numbers are gathered
The Bureau of Labor Statistics uses surveys to collect economic data including employment counts, wages and inflation.
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Beyond the Jobs Numbers: A Deeper Look at U.S. Employment Trends
Kory Kantenga, Head of Economics Americas at LinkedIn, unpacks Friday’s jobs numbers, labor force trends, and signals of a ...
Larry Summers says Trump's accusations of manipulated jobs numbers are ‘preposterous’
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers blasted President Donald Trump's firing of a top Bureau of Labor Statistics official.
Facing facts about Trump and the jobs numbers
In announcing the firing of the government’s chief labor statistician last week, President Trump condemned the works of Erika ...
Trump fires a senior official over jobs numbers
President Donald Trump has fired Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, whom he accused of ...
Jobs data firestorm: Trump blasts ‘rigged’ numbers after poor hiring revisions
President Trump fired the BLS commissioner after accusing the agency of rigging job numbers. The firing follows sharp ...