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Economists sound alarm over Trump firing

Economists across the political spectrum spent the weekend sounding alarm bells about what President Trump’s recent firing of the Labor Department’s top statistician means for the country.

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“President Trump is undermining the integrity of the information that policymakers, businesses, households, and investors use to make important decisions that affect the welfare of the nation,” Michael Strain, director of economic policy studies at the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute, wrote in a commentary.

He said it was “imperative” that people understand that U.S. economic stats are unbiased.

“By casting doubt on that, the President is damaging the United States,” he added after Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statist

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