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Commissioner of labor statistics fired after weaker-than-expected jobs figures
- antithesizer 1y agoHN demonstrating they are no better, not even more intellectually honest, than MAGA itt. If all you know about this is the headline then you know less than nothing.
- CyberDildonics 1y agoThe missing piece here is that you haven't given any explanation or evidence to back this up.
- mpalmer 1y agoGod yeah the real truth is so obvious right? All the same, why don't you say what the real truth is, just so we know we're thinking about the same thing
- inamberclad 1y agoFiring your subordinates because you don't like the number they report to you is how you obliterate the functioning machinery of government.
- chung8123 1y agoThe numbers were super wrong for June and July. It could appear that they were fired for misleading numbers from the previous months.
- snowwrestler 1y agoRevisions are common.
- legobmw99 1y agoHard to imagine that isn’t part of the goal at this point
- kccoder 1y agoWhich is their goal
- beefnugs 1y agoWhat was his actual job description? Was he just the guy putting numbers into an excel sheet? Or was he supposed to enact policy to make these results better? Or was he suppose to portray objective truth? Or is he suppose to make up whatever bullshit makes the government sound like they aren't completely breaking everything? I guess we know which the next guy will be working toward.
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- mongol 1y agoSame mindset as Stalin. Granted, not as severe outcome, but the neurons seem to work in similar patterns
- Ancalagon 1y agoNot as severe yet.
- mahkeiro 1y agoThey did the same with inflation numbers…
- Braxton1980 1y agoHow do you know?
- mahkeiro 1y agohttps://www.reuters.com/business/us-economic-data-quality-worry-authorities-not-acting-urgently-enough-experts-2025-07-25/ https://www.reuters.com/business/us-economic-data-quality-wo...
- Braxton1980 1y ago,"The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the principal agency for labor market and inflation data has, like other government departments, been hit by firings, resignations, early retirement and hiring freezes as part of a White House cost-cutting push." So Trump caused the problem and is now using it to cast doubt on the numbers and justify firing someone? Your original comment implied some neferious actions but you were trying to manipulate people
- bwb 1y agoWhat a depress timeline. I didn’t have the rebirth of Soviet style rule on my bingo card this year.
- ChrisArchitect 1y ago[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44760734 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44760734
- lazyeye 1y agoTrump's comments on the sacking.... "I was just informed that our country's 'Jobs Numbers' are being produced by a Biden appointee, Dr. Erika McEntarfar, the Commissioner of Labor Statistics, who faked the jobs numbers before the election to try and boost Kamala's chances of victory. This is the same Bureau of Labor Statistics that overstated the jobs growth in March 2024 by approximately 818,000 and, then again, right before the 2024 presidential election, in August and September, by 112,000. These were records – no one can be that wrong?"
- nneonneo 1y agoRevisions are common due to the BLS's methodology. The BLS makes estimates based on initial survey data, then produces better numbers based on additional data as it comes in. The methodology is publicized here: https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/jlt/home.htm https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/jlt/home.htm. Trump does not like these numbers and has decided that he'd rather try to blame the messenger rather than accept this as a sign of a weakening economy. It also gives him an opportunity to install someone who might actually fudge the numbers by changing the methodology employed. Good luck, folks.
- lazyeye 1y agoThis doesn't negate Trump's concerns. It's not that adjustments were made, it's the timing of them and the scale of them that tends to suggest a political motivation. You can not like the numbers simply because they are inaccurate. I'm in no position to make that judgement and neither are you. But given the level of hatred of Trump and the lengths the Dems will go to attempt to discredit Trump we've seen so far, it's not hard to believe that this is just another example of the abuse of political power to take out an opponent.
- BrawnyBadger53 1y agoThis inaccuracy to revision cycle has been consistent for as long as I can remember. Everyone whose job it is to look at these numbers should understand that the initial numbers are typically overestimated.