Trump fired the BLS chief last year over 'rigged' data claims. New research says the move cost the US economy $20 billion

The analysis argues the firing increased policy uncertainty, causing businesses to delay investment decisions and slowing ...
CNBC

Job reports will get more accurate, Lutnick predicts before BLS reveals sluggish August hiring

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick predicted the Bureau of Labor Statistics' jobs reports will be more accurate as a result of President Donald Trump firing Commissioner Erika McEntarfer. That ...
Reuters

Ex-BLS chief says her firing by Trump marked 'dangerous step' for economy

Sept 16 (Reuters) - Former Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer, in her first public remarks since getting abruptly dismissed last month by President Donald Trump, said on Tuesday ...
KETV Omaha

Former BLS commissioner says firing her was a ‘dangerous’ step for the US economy

When the July jobs report was first released on Aug. 1, it didn’t feel any different for Erika McEntarfer, former commissioner at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, compared to when other employment ...
Dayton Daily News

Who is Erika McEntarfer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner fired by Trump?

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the agency that compiles the closely watched monthly jobs report usually toils in obscurity, but on Friday, the current holder of that job was loudly fired by the ...
AOL

Former BLS chair breaks silence on being fired by Trump and going from unknown to ‘household name’

The former Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) commissioner has broken her silence after she was fired by Donald Trump last month. Speaking at her alma mater, the Levy Economics Institute at Bard College ...