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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 ...
Why jobs revisions that led Trump to fire statistics head were so huge
Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, hours after the agency reported a disappointing 73,000 job gains for July, and more significantly, revised down payroll growth for ...
Trump doubles down on his decision to fire BLS chief after disappointing jobs report
President Donald Trump continues to claim without evidence that the jobs report was "totally rigged." ...
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 ...
Trump says the Bureau of Labor Statistics orchestrated a ‘scam.’ Here’s how the jobs report really works
President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that the massive revisions to the latest jobs report constituted a “scam.” ...
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 ...