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Trump vs Bureau of Labor Statistics

Listen to The Journal Podcast: Trump vs. the Bureau of Labor Statistics

President Trump fired the top Bureau of Labor Statistics official after new data showed U.S. hiring slowed sharply this summer. WSJ’s Matt Grossman reports on the economist at the heart of the controversy,

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Trump fires Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner after disappointing job numbers

President Trump said he ordered his administration to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer after the July jobs report.

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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 "for political purposes."

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Former Trump statistics chief slams Friday firing of Erika McEntarfer

Bill Beach said the president's suggestions that the jobs report was rigged betrayed a misunderstanding in how those numbers ...

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Facing facts about Trump and the jobs numbers

In announcing the firing of the government’s chief labor statistician last week, President Trump condemned the works of Erika McEntarfer as “phony.” McEntarfer was just the 16th commissioner of ...

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Trump vs. the Bureau of Labor Statistics: Why This Firing Could Burn Your Finances

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Trump’s baseless ‘manipulated’ data claim in firing BLS chief Erika McEntarfer follows long history

William Beach, who was Trump’s first-term Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, called the firing "baseless" and "damaging" in a letter co-signed by Erica Groshen, who preceded Beach and was ...

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