‘We need an exact number’: Trump fired to BLS Chief Erica McAerfar after a weak July job report; ‘Biden Opportai’ of claims manipulated data
US President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Commissioner Erica McNarfar, a few hours after the agency released a July report reports expected by the agency.In a post on Truth Social, he accused Erica McAinter, who appointed a biden to manipulate employment figures for political purposes.He said, “I was just informed that our country’s” Jobs Numbers “is being produced by a biden appointment, Dr. Erica McAerfer, Commissioner of Labor Statistics, who reduced the number of jobs before the election and asked to promote Kamala’s possibility of victory,” she wrote in her post.“This is the same Labor Statistics Bureau that put the increase of jobs in March 2024 to about 818,000 and then, again, from 112,000 in August and September, just before the 2024 presidential election. These records were – no one can be so wrong? We need the number of accurate jobs. I have instructed my team to immediately fire this biden political appointment. He will be replaced with someone more competent and qualified, ”he said.
BLS recorded the benefit of only 73,000 nonform jobs in July – which is below market expectations. The agency also revised the benefit of a joint 258,000 job for May and June, leading to an average of three months to just 35,000. This was a two -month amendment since April 2020, which was for CNBC News.“MCENTARFER stated that only 73,000 jobs were added (a blow!) But, even more importantly they had made a big mistake, 258,000 jobs downwards, in the former two months. Similar things happened in the first part of the year, always for negative,” Trump wrote.Shortly after the recent post, Trump released another statement on Truth Social, doubled his claim that the numbers were manipulated.“In my opinion, the number of today’s jobs was rigged to create a Republican, and I look bad – such as when they had three great days around the 2024 presidential election, and then, those numbers were” taken away “on November 15, 2024, after the election, when the number of jobs was reduced, when the number of jobs was reduced. Doing very well! “Trump said.NBC News confirmed MCENTARFER’s dismissal. BLS has not commented under the Labor Department. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-Demer, a trump appointment, oversees the agency.Trump and Congress’s Republican have long criticized BLS, especially on large data modifications. In this year’s budget proposal, Trump asked to cut 8% staffing in the agency, raising concerns about the quality and reliability of their economic data.Weak job reports triggers a market sales, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average more than 500 points and Nasdaq fell by more than 2%. Treasury yields also declined.Trump also renewed his attacks on the Federal Reserve Chair Zerome Powell.The “economy is booming under” Trump “, which also plays the game despite a fed, this time with interest rates, where they reduced them twice, and to a large extent, just before the presidential election, I consider to be the hopes of” Kamala “to be chosen – how did it work? The “Jerome” is too late “Powell should also be excluded for the pasture. , The Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged this week, but Friday’s weaker job data has increased the expectations of a possible rate cut in September.
