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Who is Erika McEntarfer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner fired by Trump?
Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, has been fired after releasing a jobs report that ...
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 ...
US labor market cracks widen as job growth hits stall speed
U.S. employment growth was weaker than expected in July while the nonfarm payrolls count for the prior two months was revised ...
Who is Erika McEntarfer, labor statistics chief sacked by Trump
President Trump on Friday accused the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Erika McEntarfer of faking jobs numbers, ...
Summer labor market is much weaker than previously reported
While tariffs, high interest rates, stubborn inflation and federal government cuts have yet to sink the labor market into ...
US job growth cooled in July amid growing economic uncertainty
The Labor Department released its jobs report for July which showed the U.S. economy added 73,000 jobs last month, amid uncertainty around trade and monetary policy.
Weakening US jobs market hits center of Fed rate policy debate
Surprisingly weak July hiring data released on Friday highlighted a fractious Federal Reserve debate over whether the central ...
US job market cools after government, foreign workers suffer massive hit
The US job market cooled down in July as government and foreign workers suffered a significant hit — will likely putting ...