Trump's Controversy Over US Jobs Data Sparks Trust Concerns
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The July jobs report shows little growth and a worsening unemployment rate, leading President Trump to falsely claim it was manipulated and to fire the BLS commissioner, prompting bipartisan criticism and raising concerns about the politicization of economic data.
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- Trump Fired America’s Economic Data Collector. History Shows the Perils. The New York Times
- Amy Walter and Jasmine Wright on Trump’s BLS firing and trust in institutions PBS
- US labour data agency was teetering even before Donald Trump fired its chief Financial Times
- Trump redoubles attack on federal jobs data, calls numbers political The Washington Post
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