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Trump's comments over past year on jobs report

CNN on MSN · 9h

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.” Yet revisions by the BLS were neither historic nor evidence of corruption.

Deseret News on MSN · 2h

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.

NBC News on MSN · 2d

Trump fires labor statistics boss hours after the release of weak jobs report

Without evidence, Trump called the data "rigged" and implied that BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer manipulated the numbers "for political purposes."

Jobs data revisions are common. Here's how process works.

NBC News on MSN · 5h

Jobs data revisions are common. Here's how the process works.

President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, claiming that last week’s jobs report “was rigged” without providing any evidence

CBS News on MSN · 11m

Revisions are a common feature of any jobs report says former BLS commissioner

How the BLS processes its reports. The BLS surveys both households and businesses for its monthly jobs report. After releasing an initial report, it's common for the agency to iss

Newser on MSN · 6h

We Need a Better Way to Collect Jobs Data

The Labor Department revised previous jobs numbers so dramatically last week that President Trump said they had to have been "rigged." (He even fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.) Skeptics reject the idea of rigged numbers,

11hon MSN

5 things to know for August 4: Jobs report, Texas redistricting, Montana bar shooting, Abortion, Covid-19

He fired Commissioner Erika McEntarfer on Friday, shortly after the release of a weaker-than-expected jobs report that showed ...

That bombshell jobs report? Some economists saw it coming.

Nguyen said sure, the report showed the labor market was weaker than he’d thought. But, he said, “the data actually reaffirms ...

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July Jobs Report Comes in Far Weaker Than Expected

Just 73,000 jobs were created last month, on a seasonally adjusted basis. + Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal had ...

57mon MSN

Tracking Trump: Trump attacks the jobs report; a VA proposal to end abortion services; Pirro confirmed as U.S. attorney; and more

Trump proposed restrictions on VA hospitals providing abortions. The Senate confirmed Fox host Jeanine Pirro as U.S. attorney ...

2h

Trump's false claims about jobs report going to have economic consequences: CNBC analyst

President Trump is claiming, without evidence, that Friday's jobs report was "rigged." In response to the weak numbers, Trump ...

1hon MSN

The ‘Trust America’ Trade Is Under Threat. Why the Jobs Report, BLS Firing, and Fed Resignation Sparked Market Jitters.

The stock market did a nosedive on Friday on worries that the U.S. economy may be weaker than previously thought and that ...

12hon MSN

Live updates: Trump again bashes jobs report as governors battle over redistricting

Days after firing the official responsible for compiling the nation’s jobs statistics, President Donald Trump again claimed ...

8hon MSN

US stocks open higher, regaining lost ground made on weak jobs report and new tariff rates

US stocks open up, recovering from weak jobs data and new tariff rates. Focus on Aug 7 tariff deadline, earnings and whether ...

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