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BLS, Trump and monthly jobs report

Scrutiny over monthly jobs report continues with Trump's nominee to lead stats agency

The monthly jobs report is under a microscope as Trump’s nominee to take over the Bureau of Labor Statistics has debated whether to pull back monthly releases.

Talking Points Memo on MSN · 20h

BLS Commissioner Nominee’s Suggestion to Suspend Monthly Jobs Report Is ‘Like Gouging Our Eyes Out’

President Donald Trump on Monday evening nominated a Heritage Foundation economist who has publicly criticized federal data collection at

CNN on MSN · 23h

Trump’s pick for BLS commissioner floated suspending the monthly jobs report before apparently backing off

EJ Antoni, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is no longer considering suspending the monthly jobs report — one of the most crucial and historic measurements of US economic activity — after proposing the unprecedented action during an interview that published Tuesday.

Fed, interest rates

The Baltimore Sun · 5d

Why the recent jobs report will add pressure on Fed to cut rates in September

Investors and analysts also see the surprisingly weak jobs report as an indication the odds of an interest rate cut at the Federal Open Market Committee’s September meeting have shot up. With job

Fox Business on MSN · 8d

Markets now betting Fed will cut rates in September after disappointing jobs report

The probability of a Federal Reserve rate cut in September jumped dramatically following weak employment data, with market expectations shifting from a hold to a 25-basis-point cut.

MarketWatch on MSN · 21h

Trump says the Fed should cut interest rates. Bessent says this is by how much.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday morning made his latest call for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates following July’s inflation report. But the president didn’t say by how much. Markets got a clue into the administration’s thinking by the end of the day,

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Jobs data blasted by Trump seen by Fed officials as reason to cut

The data that caused President Donald Trump to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics is being taken as serious ...

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The Jobs Report Stunned. The Fed Has to Recalculate.

The weak report changes the math for a central bank that has been trying to wait out the data. Before Friday, traders saw ...

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Fed official calls July jobs report 'concerning' as economy hits potential turning point

Fed Governor Lisa Cook said that the weak July jobs report and large downward revisions suggest the U.S. economy could be at ...

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Fed should make three rate cuts based on weak jobs data, key leader says

A top official at the Federal Reserve said Saturday that this month’s stunning, weaker-than-expected report on the U.S. job ...

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Jobs data triggered Trump, but Fed officials saw it not as rigged, but as reason to cut

The very data that caused President Donald Trump to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because he did not like ...

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Fed grappling with impact of tariffs as it ponders rate decisions, Goolsbee says

Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee said on Wednesday the U.S. central bank is grappling with understanding ...

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Top Federal Reserve official: Jobs data strengthens case for rate cuts

The Federal Reserve should move to cut interest rates, board of governors member Michelle Bowman said Saturday, citing ...

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