Donald Trump presented “alternative” economic statistics on Thursday August 7, according to him that the official figures were distorted “Voluntarily” In favor of his predecessor Joe Biden, shortly after shaping the owner of the main public employment statistics agency. In front of the journalists, convened in a hurry in the oval office for a qualified announcement of «majeure» By a senior official, the republican president exhibited several graphs with Stephen Moore.
This economist working with the very conservative Center for Reflection Heritage Foundation said that “During the last two years of the government of Joe Biden, the Employment Statistics Office (BLS) had overestimated employment creations of 1.5 million units”. Faced with this “Gigantic error”the republican president “Was right to ask to appoint a new manager” From this federal agency, assured this expert, longtime advisor to Donald Trump. “I don’t think it was a mistake. I think it was done voluntarily ”commented the American president. “These are incredible data. We are doing very well ”he congratulated himself. According to the calculations by Stephen Moore, “During the first five months in Mr. Trump, the average income of households, adjusted in inflation, increased by 1.174 dollars”.
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BLS regularly revises, up or down, employment data after initial publication, sometimes significantly. The last importance of importance in early August revised down 258,000 jobs over the last two months. This rectification provoked the fury of Donald Trump who decided in the process of dismissing the manager of the office, accused of having “Take employment figures before the election to increase the chances of Kamala victories” Harris, his democratic opponent in the last presidential election.
Donald Trump wanted during his first mandate to appoint Stephen Moore to the Fed, the powerful American central bank. He had given up against criticism of the economist’s qualifications as well as on sexist comments issued by the latter.