News

Hassett says Trump ‘wants his own people’ at the Bureau of Labor Statistics after firing commissioner
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett on Sunday defended Donald Trump’s decision to fire Bureau of Labor ...
Trump calls fired BLS commissioner's job numbers the 'biggest miscalculations in over 50 years'
U.S. President Donald Trump accused BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of faking employment data to all-time highs before the ...
Trump Officials Struggle to Spin Firing of Jobs Report Messenger
President Donald Trump’s acolytes are scrambling to rationalize his decision to fire the nation’s top labor statistician ...
Trump says the Bureau of Labor Statistics orchestrated a ‘scam.’ Here’s how the jobs report really works
President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that the massive revisions to the latest jobs report constituted a “scam.” ...
Trump says he'll name people to 2 jobs closely watched by Wall Street
The president fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner on Friday after poor job numbers. A Federal Reserve governor ...
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 ...
Who is Erika McEntarfer, labor statistics chief sacked by Trump
President Trump on Friday accused the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Erika McEntarfer of faking jobs numbers, ...
Until Trump Fired Her, She Was an Economist With Bipartisan Support
Erika McEntarfer led the agency that produced key data on jobs and inflation. Then July’s report showed a weakening economy, ...
Data accuracy row: White House justifies ouster of labor official; Trump says Erika McEntarfer's actions 'scam'
White House officials defended Donald Trump's removal of the Bureau of Labor Statistics head. This action sparked worries ...
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 ...
Trump to replace Fed, labour chief amid row over jobs data, rate policy
After firing Bureau of Labour Statistics chief McEntarfer over weak jobs data and criticising Fed chair Powell, Trump signals ...
Erika McEntarfer educational qualification and career path: How an economist rose to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics before being fired by Trump
Erika McEntarfer, commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, was controversially fired by US President Donald Trump ...