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White House searches for new BLS Chief with ‘credibility,’ ‘experience’
President Trump has said he will choose a new Commissioner for the Bureau of Labor Statistics within the next three to four ...
The BLS does have a jobs data problem, but it's not what Trump says
President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the BLS after a disappointing jobs report. It likely won't help the data get ...
Trump’s BLS Firing Tests Wall Street’s Reliance on Government Data
Some fear a decline in the world-leading economic statistics underpinning U.S. markets.
'Firing the BLS commissioner is serious': National Review rebukes Trump
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book 'Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America' and ...
Nebraska Republican faces rowdy town hall with questions about Epstein files and fired BLS chief
In between, the Nebraska Republican was consistently heckled while responding to questions about releasing more information ...
The ripple effects of the BLS firing
Janet Yellen, the former Treasury secretary and chair of the Federal Reserve, described the firing to the New York Times as “ the kind of thing you would only expect to see in a banana republic .” ...
BLS integrity attacks are dangerous for economy and evidence-based policy: Aspen's Melissa Kearney
Melissa Kearney, Aspen Economic Strategy Group director, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the conversation around the BLS, where ...
White House searches for a new BLS chief with 'credibility' and 'experience'
Trump fired the previous head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after he was unhappy with a weaker-than-expected July jobs ...