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Bank of America's CEO responds to weak jobs report that spurred Trump firing of BLS chief

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan said in an interview on Sunday that the president's firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner following a weak jobs report was due to politics, though he said government employment data should be improved.Moynihan appeared on CBS News' "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" and was asked whether he's concerned about the president firing the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) commissioner and whether he feels there is political pressure."Well, I think that's more politics," Moynihan said, adding that he thinks the agency's data collection processes

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