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White House searches for a new BLS chief with 'credibility' and 'experience'

White House officials began the week scrambling to find a replacement after Trump fired Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer on Friday.

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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) following a weak jobs report, a move that has sparked broad criticism. “The president wants his own people there so that when we see the numbers,

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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 narrative.

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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 ...

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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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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 ...

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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 ...

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Trump fired a commissioner over bad jobs numbers. Nixon targeted a ‘Jewish cabal’ at the same agency

Fifty years-plus after Nixon demanded a tally of Jewish staffers at the BLS, Trump fired Erika McEntarfer over numbers he ...

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Trump says he’ll name BLS chief, Fed governor in coming days

President Trump told reporters Sunday he plans to announce a new commissioner for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in the next three or four days after he fired the previous BLS leader in the ...

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 ...

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