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President Trump's federal hiring freeze and decision to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer raise questions about the validity of inflation data.
President Trump dismissed BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer after a weak July jobs report, accusing her of data manipulation. Critics called the move politically motivated and dangerous. Economists ...
The firing comes after a report showed hiring slowed in July and was much weaker in May and June than previously reported.
Friday's soft jobs report knocked the stuffing out of the dollar's rally. Investors now attach an 80% probability to a 25bp rate cut from the Federal Reserve in September, ING's FX analyst Chris ...
President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, hours after a stunning ...
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 ...
He fired Commissioner Erika McEntarfer on Friday, shortly after the release of a weaker-than-expected jobs report that showed ...
ATRI report reveals urgent trucking labor challenges: aging drivers, low Gen Z entry, underrepresentation of women, and ...
The White House believes unusual jobs data revisions prove the recently fired Bureau of Labor chief was manipulating statistics.
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The White House says this week’s tariffs are final, Tesla’s self-driving technology legal woes are bad for the industry, and ...
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Wisconsin's unemployment rate dipped slightly from 3.3% in May to 3.2% in ...