“I have just been informed that” the number of jobs “in our country is being developed by Biden, nominee, Dr. Erika MCTyarfer, commissioner for work statistics, who falsified the number of jobs before the election to try to increase the chances of Kamali for victory,” Trump wrote in the entry on the Truth Social social network.
The president recalled the later estimates of the Labor Statistics Office (BLS) from last year and searches from this year, suggesting without giving evidence that statistics were manipulated for political reasons. He informed that he had instructed the clerk immediate release and replacing her with someone “competent”.
The head of the Lori Chavez Deremer labor department supported Trump and announced that Mcentarfer's place would be taken by her previous deputy William Wiatrowski.
The president's decision is a reaction to the Friday publication of the BLS report on the labor market, indicating lower than the expected increase in jobs (73,000) in July and a significant revision of the results from the previous two months (by over 280,000 in total), which suggests that the state of the economy is worse than previously thought. The numbers caused anxieties among investors on the stock exchanges, and the “New York Times” said that this could be a signal of a potential recession.
“Should be sent on a green grass”
“The economy flourishes under the rule of” Trump “, despite the fact that the Fed also plays games, this time with interest rates, which he lowered twice, and significantly, just before the presidential election, I think in the hope of choosing” Kamali “” – added Trump, claiming that the head of the central bank Jerome Powell should also be “sent to green grass.”
Despite the accusations of Trump, the labor department statistics are routinely revised back, including Due to the late responses of companies to surveys or standard statistical errors. The scale of recent reviews was in the margin of an error, which is about 100,000.
