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5 things to know about the jobs report controversy that has economists defending government data

Response rates to government surveys have plummeted since COVID, but experts say that doesn't mean the numbers are wrong ...

Paul Krugman Slams Donald Trump For Calling Jobs Report 'Rigged,' Says 'Every Accusation Is A Confession'

President Donald Trump's reaction to the latest jobs report, which showed a significant slowdown in hiring, has been met with ...
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Reed demands probe into Trump’s firing of official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report

PROVIDENCE — US Senator Jack Reed is calling for a special investigation into President Trump’s abrupt firing of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics following a weaker-than-expected ...

How is Trump's economy doing?

President Donald Trump says the U.S. economy is going great under his stewardship. The latest jobs numbers suggest a slowdown ...

Economists push back on Trump’s assertion that July jobs data was ‘rigged’

Labor economist Aaron Sojourner said President Donald Trump’s decision to fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner ...

Live updates: Trump again bashes jobs report as governors battle over redistricting

Days after firing the official responsible for compiling the nation’s jobs statistics, President Donald Trump again claimed ...

‘Trust America’ Trade Under Threat: Why the Jobs Report, BLS Firing, and Fed Resignation Sparked Market Jitters

A so-called “sell America” trade, which led in part to the weakest 7-month stretch for the dollar in five decades, developed ...