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Trump Moves to Fire Lisa Cook, Escalating Fed Attack
Bloomberg Television· 2025-08-26 05:42
And Danielle, we're just hearing now, according to The Washington Post, Lisa Cook says she will not resign. She disputes President Trump's authority to fire her. She also says that no cause exists for the President to fire her either.This is according to reporting from The Washington Post. So Lisa Cook refusing to step down and disputing the President's authority to force her out. Polka, I do want to return to you now for some more thoughts on this.I mean, what's the more urgent concern for the Fed at the m ...
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Bloomberg· 2025-08-22 16:07
Political & Economic Context - The report highlights a potentially strained relationship between the Trump administration and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) concerning employment data [1] - The resurfaced emails from 2018 suggest a history of discord between the Trump administration and the BLS regarding the accuracy or interpretation of employment statistics [1]
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The Wall Street Journal· 2025-08-07 17:58
Data Collection Issues - The Bureau of Labor Statistics is not the only data collector to have had problems with jobs numbers [1] - The U K 's main economic statistics agency has faced growing scrutiny about how it collects employment data for years [1]