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Trump, Erika McEntarfer and Bureau of Labor Statistics

Who is Erika McEntarfer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner fired by Trump?

Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, has been fired after releasing a jobs report that angered President Donald Trump.

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Fired Labor commissioner should sue Trump for defamation

The post Fired Labor commissioner should sue Trump for defamation appeared first on Salon.com. The conservative attorney warned that the president could be steering the nation into a major crisis. "I give him a fair shake. I don't give him a positive spin," CNN's Harry Enten says in response

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Who is Erika McEntarfer fired by Donald Trump as head of Labor Statistics department? Why was she asked to step down?

Erika McEntarfer was a longtime US government employee who bore the brunt of President Trump’s unhappiness with Friday’s jobs report. She had served as BLS head for a year and a half.

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‘The neutrality of the agency has been eliminated:’ Stats-based feds decry BLS chief’s firing

Employees express concern Trump's firing of the commissioner, which followed a weak jobs report, will lead to future ...

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5 things to know about the jobs report controversy that has economists defending government data

Response rates to government surveys have plummeted since COVID, but experts say that doesn't mean the numbers are wrong ...

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In Firing the BLS Chief, Trump Escalates His Administration’s War on Data

But Trump’s firing of the BLS chief escalated his administration’s attack on information. Though researchers who rely on ...

What to know about Erika McEntarfer, the BLS commissioner fired by Trump

The BLS produces data relied on by businesses and policymakers, including the Fed.

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Bessent: How Can The Fed Set Rates When Jobs Data Is This Broken? "This Was A Five Standard Deviation Mistake"

Treasury Secretary Bessent defended President Trump's decision to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) head Erika McEntarfer after unprecedented downward revisions to May and June jobs figures ...

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Former Trump statistics chief slams Friday firing of Erika McEntarfer

Bill Beach said the president's suggestions that the jobs report was rigged betrayed a misunderstanding in how those numbers ...

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Trump just made a huge mistake

Firing Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer will taint any future jobs numbers coming from the agency, ...

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Trump didn’t start the war on truth, but his weapons are dangerous | Opinion

Canning the labor chief will make jobs statistics less trustworthy, but authoritarians thrive in a world of blurred fact and ...

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America Will Suffer From Trump’s Assault on Facts

President Trump treats facts in the same way that he treats people: He expects them to line up in support of his goals, and ...

Fact Check: Former Labor Statistics Commisioner McEntarfer Was NOT 'Arrested By U.S. Navy JAG On Treason Charges'

Was Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer arrested by "U.S. Navy JAG" on "treason charges" related to the ...

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