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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 ...

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, ...
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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 ...

How reliable is the jobs data? Economists and Wall Street still trust it

Most economists say that the Bureau of Labor Statistics is a nonpolitical agency staffed by people obsessed with getting the ...

How unusual are jobs numbers revisions? According to experts, they're a common feature.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics last week issued a steep downward revision to May and June's hiring numbers, prompting ...

S&P 500 Momentum Reverses As Fed Signals No Rate Cut, Bad Jobs Report

The S&P 500 (SPX) saw its upward momentum reverse during the trading week ending Friday, 1 August 2025. Click to read.

How Trump decided to fire a little-known statistician, sparking conspiracy theories about government data

President Donald Trump was fuming about the July jobs report signaling a significant slowdown in the economy when he recalled ...