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President Donald Trump clashes with CNBC’s Joe Kernen over firing of BLS commissioner
Trump defended firing BLS commissioner Erika McEntarfer, sparking tense exchange with CNBC’s Joe Kernen on "Squawk Box" over ...
Trump Fact Checked Live on TV on Dire Polls and Stats Boss Firing
The president got into a spirited debate with “Squawk Box” host Joe Kernen about the 2020 election and his firing of the commissioner of Bureau of Labor Statistics.
CNBC halts for breaking news as Donald Trump delivers devastating blow
In a heated exchange on live TV, President Trump clashed with a CNBC host, defending his controversial decisions and sparking ...
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No, the October 2024 Jobs Report Didn’t Show ‘Phenomenal Numbers’
President Trump claims the Bureau of Labor Statistics revised a 2024 jobs report downward after the election. The opposite is true.
CNBC Daily Open: That's not how revisions to jobs numbers work
Trump fires commissioner of labor statistics after jobs report. In a Truth Social post, the U.S. president accused BLS ...
Trump doubles down on his decision to fire BLS chief after disappointing jobs report
President Donald Trump continues to claim without evidence that the jobs report was "totally rigged." ...
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 ...
Trump fired the BLS chief for a bad jobs report. Here’s how those numbers are gathered
The Bureau of Labor Statistics uses surveys to collect economic data including employment counts, wages and inflation.
CNBC Daily Open: There's no return policy for jobs numbers
Trump fires commissioner of labor statistics after jobs report. In a Truth Social post, the U.S. president accused BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of being a political appointee ...
Trump redoubles attack on federal jobs data, calls numbers political
Trump defended his decision to fire Erika McEntarfer, the official overseeing jobs statistics, telling CNBC that data showing a hiring slowdown was political.