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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 ...
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 ...
How Trump decided to fire a little-known statistician, sparking conspiracy theories about government data
President Donald Trump was fuming about the July jobs report signaling a significant slowdown in the economy when he recalled ...