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Why were US job numbers which riled Trump revised down by so much?

Why were US job numbers which riled Trump revised down by so much?

Natalie Sherman & Jake Horton BBC Verify BBC President Donald Trump has fired the head of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (LBS) after the department revised down recent job numbers by more than 250,000. He says the figures were “rigged” to make his administration “look bad”. Although the latest revisions were bigger than usual, it is normal for the …

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