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Trump, Fed and interest rates

Black unemployment under Trump reaches its highest rate since the pandemic. Here’s what it could mean

Black workers are often last hired, first fired,” said Angela Hanks, chief of policy programs of The Century Foundation. The

Reuters on MSN · 3d

Path to the Fed rate cuts Trump wants may involve higher unemployment

President Donald Trump may see lower Federal Reserve interest rates as a fix for two politically potent problems, the cost of servicing $36 trillion in government debt and the high cost of home ownership,

U.S. News & World Report · 3d

Trump: Fed Board Should Assume Control if Powell Won't Lower Interest Rates

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday the Federal Reserve board should assume control if Fed Chair Jerome Powell continues to refuse to lower interest rates. "Jerome 'Too Late' Powell, a stubborn MORON,

Trump, Bureau of Labor Statistics and jobs report

CNN on MSN · 6h

Trump says the Bureau of Labor Statistics orchestrated a ‘scam.’ Here’s how the jobs report really works

President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that the massive revisions to the latest jobs report constituted a “scam.” Yet revisions by the BLS were neither historic nor evidence of corruption.

Yahoo · 3h

Trump axes Labor Statistics chief after his poor jobs report: ‘I believe the numbers were phony ... so I fired her’

President Donald Trump fired the chief labor statistician after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly jobs report showing that the economy added only 73,000 jobs in July.

USA TODAY on MSN · 1d

Trump fires head of labor statistics bureau after weak jobs report: Recap

An anemic July jobs report boosted expectations the Federal Reserve might lower interest rates in September. Trump said the jobs report was "rigged."

Trump, New Economics

Los Angeles Times on MSN · 1d

Trump promised an economic ‘golden age.’ New signs suggest trouble may lie ahead

President Trump's economic policies are facing scrutiny as weak indicators emerge, which may augur more disruption ahead — and possible trouble for his party in next year's midterms.

Las Vegas Sun · 1d

It's Trump's economy now. The latest financial numbers offer some warning signs

For all of President Donald Trump’s promises of an economic “golden age,” a spate of weak indicators this week told a potentially worrisome story as the impacts of his policies are coming into focus.

Barron's · 1h

Trump Says Will Name New Economics Data Official This Week

US President Donald Trump said Sunday he will appoint a new economic data collector after firing the previous commissioner and accusing her of manipulating employment data to embarrass him after a new report showed cracks in the US jobs market.

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Trump Fired America’s Economic Data Collector. History Shows the Perils.

It is too soon to know whether the United States is on a similar path. But economists and other experts said that Mr. Trump’s ...

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US job growth slows sharply in July; unemployment rate rises to 4.2%

U.S. job growth slowed more than expected in July while the prior month's data was revised sharply lower, pointing to a sharp ...

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Maybe now Nevada’s stubbornly high unemployment rate will finally go down (except not really)

Nevada has had either the highest or one of the highest unemployment rates in the U.S. over most of the 21st century. In the ...

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Trump adviser defends labor official’s firing, deflects on how data was ‘rigged’

Kevin Hassett pointed to the scale of hiring data revisions when asked for evidence to support Trump’s claims that a jobs report was rigged to make him look bad.

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Fed holds rates steady despite Trump's pressure, with two governors dissenting

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday in a split decision that gave little indication of when borrowing ...

President Donald Trump removes official overseeing jobs data after dismal employment report

President Donald Trump on Friday removed the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures after a report showed ...

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