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Labor economist Aaron Sojourner said President Donald Trump’s decision to fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner ...
The monthly jobs report is already closely-watched on Wall Street and in Washington but has taken on a new importance after ...
Trump has a go-to playbook if the numbers reveal uncomfortable realities, and that’s to discredit or conceal the figures and ...
"Firing the labor statistician delivering the data is akin to breaking the thermometer because of a heat wave," John Rash writes.
Friday's jobs data and revisions gave investors a lot to digest. While stocks fell at first in response to the weakening labor market, they rebounded after expectations for interest-rate cuts grew. Th ...
Just a little more than six months into the role, Pritchard is out, returning to the Illinois Department of Commerce and ...
Trump has falsely alleged that former BLS commissioner “faked” employment numbers before the 2024 election in order to better Kamala Harris’s chances of winning.
President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the BLS after a disappointing jobs report. It likely won't help the data get better.
The president claimed the Bureau of Labor Statistics revised its numbers in order to try and affect the outcome of the 2024 election.
A top economist cited President Donald Trump's tariffs and immigration policy as the primary reasons he feels the U.S. is ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is holding steadier on Tuesday following its see-saw ride that bracketed the weekend.