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Donald Trump says he doesn’t trust jobs data, but Wall Street and economists do

Economists and Wall Street investors have long considered the job figures reliable, with share prices and bond yields often ...

In rejecting the jobs report, Trump follows his own playbook of discrediting unfavorable data

When the coronavirus surged during President Donald Trump’s first term, he called for a simple fix: Limit the amount of ...

Fact check: No evidence for Trump's claims of ‘rigged' or ‘phony' job numbers

Hours after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released employment data showing slow job growth for July and prior months, ...

Why were US job numbers which riled Trump revised down by so much?

President Trump has fired the head of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics after the department revised down job numbers which ...

Live updates: Global markets mostly gain after Trump’s tariffs and jobs report sent Wall Street tumbling

Global markets bounced back Monday after Wall Street's poor performance Friday following a weak jobs report and U.S.

Trump’s rewriting of reality on jobs numbers is chilling, but it could backfire

When authoritarianism encroaches, apologists often present a strongman’s power grabs as rational — even imperative for the ...

Larry Summers says Trump's accusations of manipulated jobs numbers are ‘preposterous’

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers blasted President Donald Trump's firing of a top Bureau of Labor Statistics official.

Chris Christie Slams Trump as ‘Petulant Child’ over Jobs Report Move

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie ripped President Donald Trump as a “petulant child” on Sunday for his dramatic firing ...