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Trump, BLS and jobs

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 strangest thing in the world.”

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Economist in Trump’s BLS fight: Job estimating due for revamp

President Trump fired the head of BLS after accusing the bureaucrat of revising downward recent monthly job tallies to make him look bad.

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Trump Defends Economy With Charts After Firing BLS Chief Over Job Report

President Donald Trump summoned reporters to the Oval Office on Thursday to present charts he claimed showed a strong U.S. economy, according to AP. The appearance followed last week’s disappointing jobs report and his dismissal of Bureau of Labor Statistics chief Erika McEntarfer.

Trump, BLS and Commissioner of Labor Statistics

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BLS commissioner salary: How much did McEntarfer make before Trump fired her

In August 2025, President Trump dismissed the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics and seeks to appoint a new chief. Here’s how much the role pays.

Trump doubles down on BLS commissioner firing

President Trump trotted out new, "unpublished" economic data following his surprise firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner. Max Chafkin and John Harwood discuss on The 11th Hour.

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Trump’s Firing Of The BLS Commissioner Is An Ongoing Trainwreck And Embarrassment

Trump’s outburst over a bad jobs report is the second-term equivalent of his furious insistence in 2017 that more than a million people attended his inauguration: It’s lying about numbers in an obvious way, but with a much more authoritarian outcome.

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The White House is trying to change the conversation about Trump’s BLS scandal

President Donald Trump claims, without a shred of evidence, that the government’s premiere economic data operation ...

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Trump was correct to fire BLS chief after data became ‘increasingly unreliable,’ says former Trump advisor

Economist Steve Moore discusses President Donald Trump’s economic policy and ‘correct’ firing of a Bureau of Labor Statistics ...

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WATCH: Biden jobs chart had 'gigantic error,' Trump right to fire BLS chief, economist says

During Oval Office meeting pro-Trump economist Steve Moore says the president made the right call to fire the head of Bureau ...

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Lessons from Argentina: Trump’s firing of BLS chief sparks concerns about data integrity

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

McEntarfer’s dismissal came just hours after a monthly jobs report showed the labor market performed more sluggishly than ...

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Ballmer’s USAFacts warns against politicizing data after Trump fires BLS chief over jobs report

USAFacts, the nonpartisan group founded by Steve Ballmer, warns against politicizing government data after Trump fires the ...

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Trump's resurgence of tariffs and the dispute over BLS data shake investor confidence

Two major Trump decisions reignite trade and data integrity concerns, adding fresh uncertainty to an already stretched U.S.

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Firing the BLS chief was a petulant move, says former CEA chair Greg Mankiw

Greg Mankiw, Harvard University economics professor and former CEA chairman, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the fallout from ...

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