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Trump Administration suspected the integrity of the work of the work statistics after him Revised job data Over the past year, to show an American economy that added almost a million smaller jobs than previously reported – a previously claimed by the President Donald Trump called on a new leadership in the Agency.
President Donald Trump reviews the questions of journalists after 18. August 2025. speaking of economic data at the Ovahington Oval Office, DC. (Photo Vin McNamee / Getty Images)
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Key facts
Vice President JD Vance wrote “It’s hard to overvalue that data from BLS became” and suggested that the audit from the naval federal credited federal heroic herry who said that the audit shows “the labor market was poor.”
The White House Secretary Karolin Leavitt also accused that the BLS “failed the US economy, but previously reported between April,” that President Trump was right: the Biden economy was a disaster and the BLS was broken. “
Leavitt said in the statement “There is no place for such a significant and consistent amount of error”, although long lasting, BLS revises data every year, and higher audits are “mainly due to problems with pandemic problems.”
Lori Chavez-Demerer’s work was also blamed by a Biden administration to change so much with data, the introduction of BLS leadership “did not improve its own practices,” during his term “, calling into question the motivation behind him.”
Criticism echoes Trump, which previously examined the former GLS Erika Mcentar and accused that she has manipulated data on jobs during 2024. Years to help the stage.
Key background
The BLS published a preliminary report on Tuesday, which found employers 849,000 total jobs for the year ended in March, opposing previous data that showed 1.76 million new jobs. The Ministry of Finance and Analysts at the main American banks envisaged an audit, which was slightly higher than the audit issued for last year’s annual data, when BLS reduced job growth for 818,000 jobs.
Counter
Some economists defended BLS against Trump criticism. The National Association of Business Economists stated that in the statement that he “stands firmly with dedicated economists and statisticians on BLS and through federal agencies”.
What to watch on
Congress has yet to confirm Trump replacement for Mcentar, the main economist of heritage of EJ Antoni.
Further reading
The US added nearly a million smaller jobs than it has been reported (Forbes)
