US EditionBLS chief fired by Trump over jobs report comments publicly for first time
Former BLS chief Erika McEntarfer warns that firing her over a weak July jobs report risks undermining economic data independence and stability, citing a loss of 258,000 jobs in revisions.
- Erika McEntarfer, former BLS commissioner, made her first public remarks Tuesday since President Trump fired her last month following a weak July jobs report.
- Her termination came after the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a modest increase in employment for July, alongside significant downward revisions totaling 258,000 jobs for May and June combined, which she largely attributed to delayed responses from some companies.
- McEntarfer warned that politicizing economic data damages the institution’s independence, comparing interference to turning off traffic lights and sensors, which disrupts economic stability like traffic jams.
- She emphasized that despite budget constraints, the data's accuracy remained intact, and warned that dismissing the chief statistician could have serious economic repercussions.
- Her firing after substantial data revisions, and Trump's unsupported claim that the jobs report was rigged, raise concerns about government data integrity and future agency independence.
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McEntarfer was fired after the BLS reported that the U.S. economy added just 73,000 jobs in July and the monthly totals for May and June were revised down by a combined 258,000 jobs.
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When the federal government revealed last month a sharp contraction in the nation’s hiring, President Trump attacked the report and abruptly fired the longtime civil servant responsible for overseeing the data. On Tuesday, Erika McEntarfer, the former commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, offered her first major public comments on her ouster. She warned about the rising risk of political interference in the government’s work to measure…
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