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Donald Trump has always had a mixed relationship with numbers. They are at once hard, objective truths that provide explicit measures of success: “huge ratings,” “polling like you wouldn’t believe.” ...
The pandemic has exposed the shortcomings in how we measure everything, from inflation to GDP to jobs, says Helen Thomas ...
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich on Tuesday tore apart President Donald Trump for firing the head of the Bureau of Labor ...
In a move that forms part of his drive to establish a presidential dictatorship, Trump justified the sacking with bogus claims that the numbers had been “rigged” to make him and the Republicans look ...
House Democrats asked for a congressional hearing on President Donald Trump's decision to fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika McEntarfer.
The clock is ticking as Donald Trump gets set to make two key appointments that pose a serious risk to America’s economy.
Trump has a go-to playbook if the numbers reveal uncomfortable realities, and that’s to discredit or conceal the figures and ...
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook said the significant downward revisions to the monthly jobs numbers could point to an ...
Thousands of invisible, far-reaching decisions flow from the stream of reports the BLS compiles. When faith in the government ...
Trump on Monday said he would be "substantially raising" tariffs on India, after imposing a 25% tariff rate against the ...
President Donald Trump’s firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer — a widely respected economist ...
Employees express concern Trump's firing of the commissioner, which followed a weak jobs report, will lead to future ...