Let's bring in Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent for the New York Times and an MSNBC political analyst. Former Republican Congressman Carlos Carbelloo is back. And joining me here in studio, NBC News business and data correspondent Brian Chung.Peter, as you wrote, the irony is that Donald Trump has never been especially wedded to facts, although now he's suggesting he's concerned that we aren't getting them. Uh with absolutely no evidence that anything about these numbers is made up, his top econ ...

U.S. President Donald Trump plans over the next several days to name replacements for two key vacancies, one to fill a spot on the Federal Reserve and other to replace the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Trump said that he has several possible candidates for the Fed in mind. https://t.co/QG5rRdjKtr ...

>> For imprint for certain. >> So President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after a worse than expected jobs report and some big revisions that came along with it. Joining us right now is former acting labor secretary under President Obama, Seth Harris, and the former acting white House chief of staff under President Trump, Mick Mulvaney.He's the co-chair of the strategic advisors. Gentlemen, welcome to both of you. This is something that people spend a lot of time thinking about and ...

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Erika McEntarfer led the Bureau of Labor Statistics through rocky times before President Trump dismissed her after an ugly jobs report https://t.co/dAYo2qoAzR ...

What's your reaction to Governor Coogler's decision here and how concerned are you about who might replace him. I've just seen the headlines, so I am I am learning information real time, whether this was a personal choice or whether there was a feeling of a political pressure. And I'm almost, you know, hesitant to even even weigh in because I don't have the information.Anything, though, that I just as a as a overarching point, anything that makes this fed more political, that robs it of its independence is ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics literally can’t count.They couldn’t count under Biden and they still can’t count under Trump.I have been saying this for years.The people calculating economic data have to be able to count or we need new people. ...