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Trump invites Project 2025 author to present economic data after jobs report showing rising Black unemployment

The president attempted to tell a different story about the U.S. economy than what the latest job report revealed. President ...

Why Trump's firing of labor data chief won't threaten integrity of jobs figures. Probably

Trump's replacement of labor statistics head after bad report shouldn't hurt integrity of jobs numbers. But there may still ...
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How and why the Bureau of Labor Statistics revises U.S. job numbers

The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics regularly publishes a suite of reports and datasets that businesses, journalists, ...
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Construction economists say they trust revised jobs data

President Donald Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics over a recent report, which also slashed June's new ...

Did DOGE contribute to the BLS jobs report that Trump hated? Economist Mark Zandi thinks so

Elon Musk’s DOGE may have completed much of its work in the federal bureaucracy, but the trickle-down effect from Musk’s ...
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Conservative Host Grills Trump on Terrible Jobs Report Excuse

President Trump faced a surprisingly tough interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box Tuesday morning, as host Joe Kernen, who has often ...

Trump defends US economy in briefing

President Donald Trump unexpectedly summoned reporters to the Oval Office on Thursday to present them with charts that he ...

Bureau of Labor Statistics tells the US what’s up with the economy – Trump firing its top official may undercut trust in its data

Many financial and political analysts are trying to assess the impact of President Donald Trump’s decision to fire U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer on Aug. 1, 2025, the ...