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‘The neutrality of the agency has been eliminated’: Stats-based feds decry BLS chief’s firing
Employees express concern Trump's firing of the commissioner, which followed a weak jobs report, will lead to future ...
Opinion - Trump’s firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner will prove damaging
President Trump's decision to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer is unlikely to benefit the ...
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 ...
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Trump’s baseless ‘manipulated’ data claim in firing BLS chief Erika McEntarfer follows long history
President Donald Trump took a step many economists had feared: firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the nonpartisan agency that collects a wide range of closely watched employment and ...
Who is Erika McEntarfer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner fired by Trump?
The head of the agency that compiles the closely watched monthly jobs report usually toils in obscurity, but on Friday, the current holder of that job was loudly fired by the president of the United ...
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, ...
Opinion | Trump's firing of the labor statistics chief could lead to a financial crisis
Donald Trump’s firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer after a disappointing jobs report is ...