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Jobs data blasted by Trump seen by Fed officials as reason to cut
The data that caused President Donald Trump to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because he did not like the ...
The ‘90s TV star took exception to being grilled about his knowledge of the job he’s signed up for in Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Former TV Superman Dean Cain lost it defending himself from public ridicule for joining up to help with Donald Trump’s ...
Trump nominates conservative economist to head agency that compiles jobs, inflation data
President Donald Trump has nominated E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, to head the agency ...
Trump picks E.J. Antoni as new Bureau of Labor Statistics head after firing old commissioner amid weak jobs report
President Trump announced E.J. Antoni as his nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Monday, after he fired the ...
Two Trump-appointed economists—and longtime friends—are clashing over Trump’s jobs data
William Beach, who Stephen Moore calls a “good friend,” said Trump's numbers shared during his Oval Office presser were “the ...
Still Fuming Over a Weak Jobs Report, Trump Finds Some Numbers He Likes
President Trump promoted his own version of reality in the Oval Office after firing the head of the agency that collects ...
Trump ‘has convinced himself’ jobs data manipulated for election: Haberman
New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman said Tuesday that President Trump “has convinced himself” that jobs data was ...
In rejecting the jobs report, Trump follows his own playbook of discrediting unfavorable data
President Donald Trump has a pattern of dismissing or altering data that reflects poorly on him. During his first term, the ...
Donald Trump's Hated Jobs Report Might Bring Him Good News
Though Trump rejects the results of the report, Friday's jobs figures could raise the chances that the Fed cuts rates next ...
Trump says he doesn’t trust the jobs data, but Wall Street and economists do
The monthly jobs report is already closely-watched on Wall Street and in Washington but has taken on a new importance after ...
Trump names new BLS head after firing old commissioner amid weak jobs report
President Trump announced E.J. Antoni as his nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Monday, after he fired the ...
Trump’s pick to lead labor stats agency could pause monthly jobs report over accuracy concerns
Heritage Foundation economist E.J. Antoni, tapped to lead Bureau of Labor Statistics, calls monthly jobs data unreliable after recent job downward revision.