White House Proposes Rule to Allow Trump to Fire Economists Who Publish ‘Bad’ Numbers

White House Proposes Rule to Allow Trump to Fire Economists Who Publish ‘Bad’ Numbers

The White House is pushing a rule change that could let Donald Trump fire government economists if their numbers don’t match his political agenda. Experts are sounding the alarm. They say this could gut the credibility of the U.S. government’s economic data—information that businesses, the Federal Reserve, and global markets depend on. The proposed rule, quietly rolled out by the Office of Personnel Management, would allow the president to recla…