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Bernie Sanders Responded After Trump Fired The Head Of The Bureau Of Labor Statistics, And Everyone's Like, "YUP"

On Friday, after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released a report showing weak July hiring numbers and significant downward ...
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Trump’s firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics chief over baseless data claims follows a familiar pattern

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 ...

Trump fires Labor Statistics chief after numbers reveal lackluster hiring

President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, baselessly accusing the agency of manipulating jobs numbers ...

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.” ...

Trump vs. the Bureau of Labor Statistics: Why This Firing Could Burn Your Finances

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Economist says Bureau of Labor Statistics data is 'very objective'

Leo Feler, chief economist at Numerator, discusses how the Bureau of Labor Statistics collects and reports data, and what the ...

Trump's firing of the labor statistics chief could lead to a financial crisis

Government economic data can no longer be trusted or relied upon under this administration. That has consequences.

Republican senators raise concerns about Trump's firing of Labor Department official

Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday after the agency released a jobs report that showed a ...