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'We need accurate numbers': Trump fires BLS chief Erika McEntarfer after weak July jobs report; claims 'Biden appointee' manipulated data

US President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed bureau of labor statistics (BLS) commissioner Erika McEntarfer, just hours after the agency released a w.

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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 are assembled.

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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 nominated by Barack Obama.

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Trump says he'll name people to 2 jobs closely watched by Wall Street

The president fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner on Friday after poor job numbers. A Federal Reserve governor ...

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'Shoot the messenger’: Democrats condemn Trump’s call to fire BLS chief

Democrats accused Trump of shifting blame for an underwhelming jobs report. Democrats condemned President Donald Trump’s call ...

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'The revisions are hard evidence': White House struggles to justify firing of BLS chief over weak jobs numbers

The firing drew backlash from economists and others fearing that such a move will undermine trust in the key economic data in the future.

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Trump Suggests Ex-BLS Chief Manipulated Past Report

After administration officials spent the morning on the Sunday talk show circuit defending President Trump's firing of the Labor Department's statistics chief, Trump took to his social media account ...

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