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Still Fuming Over a Weak Jobs Report, Trump Finds Some Numbers He Likes
President Trump promoted his own version of reality in the Oval Office after firing the head of the agency that collects ...
Political bias vs. Trump? Here’s how the U.S. jobs report is really put together.
How exactly does the BLS assemble the critical jobs report? And what is the commissioner’s role? Here’s what we know.
In rejecting the jobs report, Trump follows his own playbook of discrediting unfavorable data
President Donald Trump has a pattern of dismissing or altering data that reflects poorly on him. During his first term, the ...
Donald Trump's Hated Jobs Report Might Bring Him Good News
Though Trump rejects the results of the report, Friday's jobs figures could raise the chances that the Fed cuts rates next ...
Trump’s plan rips 2,600 USDA jobs from Maryland and DC area, shutters major research hub
A Trump administration plan to shutter one of the nation’s largest agricultural research centers in Prince George’s County ...
Why jobs revisions that led Trump to fire statistics head were so huge
The jobs report revisions that prompted Trump to fire the BLS commissioner were historically large. Here's why (Hint: it wasn't rigged data).
The jobs report is a big deal. Trump’s response is an even bigger one.
The numbers showed that the US economy added a modest 73,000 jobs in July, several thousand under what economists had forecasted. But the real surprise came in the revisions to data from May and June, ...
Trump holds ‘major announcement’ in Oval Office - but it was just to tout his perceived economic wins
Trump holds ‘major announcement’ in Oval Office - but it was just to tout his perceived economic wins - Nothing of note was ...