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Trump's comments over past year on jobs report

MarketWatch on MSN · 1h

There’s no sure cure for what ails the U.S. jobs report. Trump’s BLS firing could make matters worse.

President Trump’s pick to run the federal agency that produces the critical U.S. jobs report might not be able to make it more reliable — and a new commissioner could even make the problems worse.

TIME on MSN · 2h

Trump Fires Labor Statistics Chief After Jobs Report

President Donald Trump directed his Administration on Friday to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after the agency released a report that showed that the U.S. added fewer jobs in July than many economists had expected,

Deseret News on MSN · 2h

Trump fired the BLS chief for a bad jobs report. Here’s how those numbers are gathered

The Bureau of Labor Statistics uses surveys to collect economic data including employment counts, wages and inflation.

Jobs data revisions are common. Here's how process works.

CBS News · 26m

How unusual are jobs numbers revisions? According to experts, they're a common feature.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics last week issued a steep downward revision to May and June's hiring numbers, prompting President Trump to call the edits "miscalculations" by the department's commissioner, whom he subsequently fired, in a social media post on Aug. 1.

Why were US job numbers which riled Trump revised down by so much?

President Trump has fired the head of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics after the department revised down job numbers which he said were "rigged".

NBC News on MSN · 5h

Jobs data revisions are common. Here's how the process works.

President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, claiming that last week’s jobs report “was rigged” without providing any evidence

That bombshell jobs report? Some economists saw it coming.

Nguyen said sure, the report showed the labor market was weaker than he’d thought. But, he said, “the data actually reaffirms ...

Erie News Now12m

Following Firing of BLS Commissioner, Political Scientist Emphasizes Importance of Independence from Government Agencies

The BLS is tasked with collecting and analyzing labor and economic data independently, without direct control from the Labor ...

6hon MSN

Trump criticized for firing BLS chief after jobs report

Bureau of Labor Statistics chief Erika McEntarfer oversaw a July jobs report that the president claims was rigged ...

51mon MSN

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

The stock market did a nosedive on Friday on worries that the U.S. economy may be weaker than previously thought and that ...

10h

S&P 500 Momentum Reverses As Fed Signals No Rate Cut, Bad Jobs Report

The S&P 500 (SPX) saw its upward momentum reverse during the trading week ending Friday, 1 August 2025. Click to read.

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