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White House searches for a new BLS chief with 'credibility' and 'experience'
Trump fired the previous head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after he was unhappy with a weaker-than-expected July jobs ...
Trump criticized for firing BLS chief after jobs report
Bureau of Labor Statistics chief Erika McEntarfer oversaw a July jobs report that the president claims was rigged ...
Why the market is shrugging off Trump's firing of the BLS chief
Markets appear unfazed by Trump's shocking move to fire the BLS chief. Stronger rate-cut odds and solid earnings are helping ...
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Trump Has Unhinged Excuse for Firing BLS Chief Over Jobs Report
Trump abruptly fired Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer on Friday after the release of the report, ...
White House officials defend Trump’s firing of BLS chief
White House officials on Sunday defended President Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) ...
White House economist backs Trump firing Labor stats head, hits 'partisan pattern' in jobs data: 'Propaganda'
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett supports President Trump firing Bureau of Labor Statistics head, citing ...
Padilla on BLS chief firing: ‘I think an investigation is certainly in order’
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said on Sunday he would support an investigation into President Trump’s firing of the ...
Trump stokes conspiracies about jobs data, as White House defends firing BLS chief
The comments are the latest effort by the White House to undercut economic data that does not fit within Trump's political ...
Kevin Hassett defends Trump's firing of BLS chief: ‘I’ve never seen revisions like this’
In an interview with Meet the Press, White House National Economic Adviser Kevin Hassett defends President Trump’s decision ...
Trump fires BLS chief after weak jobs report
Plus: Markets plunge amid jobs, tariff uncertainty … Ghislaine Maxwell transferred … Public broadcasting takes ...
How Wall Street & DC are reacting to Trump's BLS firing
Yahoo Finance Markets Reporter Josh Schafer joins Market Domination with Josh Lipton to explain how economists and ...
Opinion
Trump's firing of his labor statistics chief is an ill-fated political maneuver
Trump’s attempt to bury unflattering information serves as a diversion from what could be a looming economic storm. Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, says he believes the “economy is ...