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Economists push back on Trump’s assertion that July jobs data was ‘rigged’

Labor economist Aaron Sojourner said President Donald Trump’s decision to fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner ...

US job growth stalls: Just 73,000 jobs added in July, with ‘stunning’ downward revisions to recent months

The US job market slowed substantially in July and was much weaker than first estimated for prior months, suggesting ...

Employers added 73,000 jobs in July, falling short of forecasts

Employers across the U.S. added 73,000 jobs in July, a slowdown from previous months and a sign the labor market is ...

We would have had a July rate cut based on the revised jobs data: Jeremy Siegel

Jeremy Siegel, Russell E. Palmer Professor of Finance at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, describes what ...

Steve Moore warns job creation numbers are ‘increasingly unreliable’ amid weak July report

Former Trump economic advisor Steve Moore discusses the July jobs report and President Donald Trump’s efforts to make a new ...

Instant View: US job growth sharply slows in July, unemployment rate ticks higher

U.S. job growth slower much more than expected in July, and the data from the prior month was revised sharply lower, ...

In Rejecting the Jobs Report, Trump Follows His Own Playbook of Discrediting Unfavorable Data

And on Friday, when the July jobs report revisions showed a distressed economy, Trump had an answer: He fired the official in ...

Live updates: Trump again claims jobs report revisions are a ‘scam’; Texas Democrats flee state to block map

Days after firing the official responsible for compiling the nation’s jobs statistics, President Donald Trump again claimed without evidence that last week’s jobs report that saw lackluster July ...