On Monday (August 4), US President Trump (August 4) took social media to claim that “last week’s report was manipulated, as was the numbers before the presidential elections.”
“Therefore, in both cases there were massive record revisions, in favor of radical left democrats.”
Trump claimed The fact that employment data were intentionally inflated to “make great Republican success, looked less starry”. He claimed that the Ministry of Labor later made “great adjustments … to cover” what he called “false political numbers”.
The President did not provide evidence of his claims, but suggested that he was appointed a new official. “I will select an exceptional replacement.”
The weakest profits from the pandemic
According to data published on Friday, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), while the main revision of hiring data from previous months brought US job growth to their lowest level from Pandemia Covid-19.
Mcentarfer fired over “ridiculous” numbers
In response to this, President Trump ordered the release of Erika Mcentarfer, the Commissioner for Labor Statistics, referring to insufficient confidence in the reported data. “The numbers were ridiculous,” Trump told reporters on Sunday, accused Mcentarfer of the release of “phenomenal numbers” before the election 2024, which made Biden’s economy “looked good”, called them “fraud”.
Revised data shows sharp slowdown
The Ministry of Labor said the US economy added 73,000 jobs in July, with an unemployment rate rising to 4.2%. Early hiring estimates were sharply revised from 144,000 to only 19,000 and the June issue was reduced from 147,000 to 14,000 – which was a significant slowdown in job creation.
Hassett denies political retaliation
The Economic Advisor of the White House, who advocates the removal of McCentarfer, said Kivin Hassett NBC News that the president simply wanted people to “trust” to ensure that job data is “more transparent and reliable”. He denied Trump shooting officials over politically unfavorable data.
When Hassett asked if the President would reject anyone he had created with the data he did not agree with, “Certainly not. The president wants his own people there, so if we see the numbers, they are more transparent and reliable.”
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