Washington – President Donald Trump on Friday removed the head of the agency, which produces monthly numbers of jobs after the report shown to employ He released in July And he was much weaker in May and June than previously reported.
Trump, in a post on his social media platform, claimed that the numbers were manipulated for political reasons and said it Erika PatronntarferDirector of Bureau of Labor Statistics, who was appointed by former president Joe Biden, should be released. He did not provide any evidence of the allegation.
“I immediately recommended my team to slow down this political biden denomator,” said Trump about Truth Social. “She will be replaced by someone much more competent and qualified.”
Later Trump wrote: “In my opinion, today’s numbers of jobs were forged so that the Republicans and I look bad.”
The allegation that the data has been falsified is an explosive that threatens to undercut the political ID of the US government’s economic data, which has long been seen as the “golden standard” of economic measurements around the world. Economists and investors from Wall Street have generally accepted data as free of political prejudices for decades.
The transfer of Trump to Fire MCENTARFER represented another unusual claim about the presidential power. He ruled the power of the White House to control the international trade system in the world, media companies, the best universities in America and the constitutional power of the bag.
The launch of MCENTARFER was encircled by a group that included two former BLS commissioners, including William Beach, who was appointed by Trump to this position. They were particularly opposed to the accusation that the data was changed for political reasons.
“This justification for the dismissal of Dr. Mcentarfer is not unfounded and undermines the credibility of federal economic statistics, which are the cornerstone of intelligent economic decisions by companies, families and decision-makers,” said the group’s statement, Friends of BLS.
In addition to the beach, the statement was signed by Erica Groshen, Commissioner BLS under former president Barack Obama.
“Releasing the Commissioner … When BLS changes the number of jobs (like routinely) threatens to destroy trust in basic American institutions and all government statistics”, Arin Dube, an economist from the University of Massachusetts-Armerst about X. “I can’t emphasize how harmful it is.”
After the initial position of Trump, the secretary of work Lori Chavez-Deremer said at X that MCENTARFER no longer runs the office and that William Witrrowski, deputy commissioner, would act as the director of his function.
“I support the president’s decision to replace Commissioner Biden and make sure that the American people can trust an important and influential data from BLS,” said Chavez-Deremer.
Friday Work report He showed that last month only 73,000 jobs were added and that in May and June 258,000 fewer jobs were created than previously estimated. The report suggested that the economy weakened rapidly during Trump’s term of office, a model consistent with the slowdown in economic growth in the first half of the year and an augment in inflation in June, which seemed to reflect the price pressure resulting from the president’s tariffs.
“What is the wrong leader doing when he receives bad news? Show the messenger,” said the leader of the democratic Senate Chuck Schumer from New York in a Friday speech.
Mcentarfer was nominated by Biden in 2023 and became the Commissioner of the Labor statistics Office in January 2024. Commissioners usually serve four years of cadets, but because they are appointed political, they may be released. The Commissioner is the only political denominator of the agency, which has hundreds of civilian officials.
The Senate confirmed MCENTARFER in its position 86-8, and now the vice president of JD Vance among Yea’s voices.
Trump focused a lot of his anger on the changes that the agency made earlier employment data. Profits from work in May were revised to just 19,000 from previously revised 125,000, and in June they were reduced to 14,000 from 147,000. In July, only 73,000 items were added. The unemployment rate increased to still low 4.2% of 4.1%.
“Nobody can be wrong? We need exact work numbers,” wrote Trump. “She will replace her with much more competent and qualified. Important such numbers must be honest and accurate, they cannot be manipulated for political purposes.”
Trump was not always so suspicious of the monthly work report and reacted enthusiastically after the first May data on June 6, when it was initially reported that the economy added 139,000 jobs.
“Great work numbers, a large market exchange!” Trump published at that time.
These estimates were later corrected to 125,000 jobs before the last version fell to just 19,000.
During the 2016 campaign, Trump was more critical: he often attacked the number of jobs because they showed that the unemployment rate was constantly falling, while Obama was still the president, only to immediately go to the praise of data after office, as he ruled.
The monthly employment report is one of the best viewed government data data and may cause acute fluctuations on financial markets. The disappointing number sent the American market indexes on Friday by about 1.5%.
The versions in May and June were quite huge and surprising to many economists. At the same time, each work report contains changes in the previous two months of data. These changes occur when the government receives more answers from companies to the survey, which helps to ensure a more complete picture of employment trends each month.
Over the past decade, the companies have taken longer, which could have contributed to major monthly changes.
The percentage of companies responding to surveys has also been constantly dropped in the last 10 years, but the survey still receives answers from about 200,000 business locations that can be independent companies or franchises of larger chains.
The monthly work report has long been strictly guarded in BLS, with early copies in the secure at Lock and Key, to prevent leaks or early distribution.
