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Trump adds his own administration’s job numbers to his lengthy ‘rigged’ list

The president insists that jobs statistics are “rigged,” which is wrong for a variety of reasons — including his yearslong ...

Why jobs revisions that led Trump to fire statistics head were so huge

The jobs report revisions that prompted Trump to fire the BLS commissioner were historically large. Here's why (Hint: it wasn ...
Opinion

Former BLS commissioners: Trump’s war on data will do lasting harm

While the president’s claims of bias are baseless, they are still doing significant harm. When official economic statistics are labelled as “fake news”, it undermines the BLS’s credibility and ...

Easy to lose, hard to restore: US data trust on the line

By Andrea Shalal and Davide Barbuscia WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump's move to fire the head of the U.S. Bureau ...

Consumers have been worried about the economy for years. Now they’re acting like it

American consumers are pulling back on spending as the effects of tariffs — like the slowing job market and rising inflation ...

U.S. data is a bedrock of the American economy. Now it's under attack.

In the 21st century, U.S. economic data has become embedded in the life of the nation. It determines increases in Social Security benefits for retirees, influences the purchases of auto and home ...

Trump Says Bessent Won’t Be Fed Nominee, Doubles Down on ‘Rigged’ Job Data Claim

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Kevin Hassett Says Fed Rate Decisions Tainted by Partisan Politics

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett accused the Federal Reserve of injecting politics into its interest-rate decisions.“If you look at the pattern of the Fed movements over the last few ...