Trump dismisses Labor Statistics chief amid disappointing job reports
TL;DR
President Trump ordered the firing of BLS commissioner Erika McEntarfer after a disappointing July jobs report showed weak job growth and significant revisions to previous months, raising concerns about data integrity and politicization of economic statistics.
- Trump fires Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner after disappointing job numbers CBS News
- Trump fires commissioner of labor statistics after weaker-than-expected jobs figures slam markets CNBC
- Kevin O’Leary on Trump’s BLS firing: ‘Don’t shoot the messenger’ The Hill
- Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report AP News
- Republican senators raise concerns about Trump's firing of Labor Dept. official NBC News
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