The case did not drag. After the publication, Friday 1is August, figures showing a clear degradation of the labor market in recent months, Donald Trump announced, on Saturday, the dismissal of Erika Mcentarfer, the manager of the statistics of the Labor Department (BLS). Sunday, the economic advisers of the White House defended this dismissal.
In a message on his network, Truth Social, Monday August 4, the President of the United States wrote: “I will choose an exceptional replacement”after repeating that the data had been, according to him, “Buminated” for political ends for “Minimize success” of his start of mandate. Donald Trump must propose the name of a replacement, whose appointment will still have to be confirmed by the Senate with a republican majority.
“We will announce a new [chef] statistician in about three, four days “said the head of state, on Sunday, during an exchange with journalists broadcast on American television. “We didn’t trust (…). The figures she announced were ridiculous “he had continued.
The president accused Erika MCENTARFER to fuck the figures on employment, without providing evidence of a possible manipulation of the data. Since the beginning of 2024, she directed the statistical service of the Ministry of Labor, which published the reference figures on employment, productivity and prices (CPI index) in the United States.
Job creations below forecasts
The monthly report on employment in the United States had surprised Friday by painting a darker table than expected of the state of the labor market, at a time when experts are planning an slowdown in economic activity under the effect of the customs offensive of the American president.
Donald Trump’s main economic adviser, Kevin Hassett was asked on Monday morning by the American economy television channel CNBC if he too thought that the figures were wrong. “As an economist, I like to stick to what I can prove. And what I can prove is that the data has become very unreliable ”he answered to evade the question, believing that they “Could be politically manipulated” Due to a methodology “Not transparent”.
At the same time, he estimated that the revised figures are in principle stronger than the previous ones, because based on “More complete data”. “If the data is not manipulated”the job market is less well “What we expected”he conceded.
In its report, the statistical service explains revise “Systematically” The two -month data preceding that concerned by the new publication (in this case in this case, May and June) “In order to integrate additional lifts and recalculate seasonal adjustment factors”.
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The Wall Street Journal had reported at the beginning of June that the statistical service had indicated that he could count on less staff than before to make his statements due to the frost of the hires decided by the American executive, at the risk of reducing the reliability of his publications.
Donald Trump must also refer soon the person he wishes to see the committee setting the interest rates of the Federal Reserve (Fed), after the surprise resignation, Friday, of Governor Adriana Kugler. The Head of State considers to have his say on monetary policy and continues to admonish the president of the Central Bank, Jerome Powell, in the hope of seeing him go in turn.