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September 18, 2025

Former Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Speaks Out After Firing
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The Fed's move to lower interest rates comes after the Bureau of Labor
Statistics revised jobs numbers for 2024 through March of this year,
finding that the U.S. economy added close to a million fewer jobs than
previously reported. The report comes as President Trump politicizes the
work of the BLS. Last month, Trump fired its commissioner, Erika Mc
Entarfer, over revised jobs numbers. On Tuesday, Mc Entarfer made her
first public remarks since her removal.

Erika Mc Entarfer: "Firing your chief statisticians for releasing data
you do not like, it has serious economic consequences. The lists of
countries that have gone down this route, it's not a good list:
Argentina, Greece, Turkey. The resulting loss of trust in economic
statistics led these countries to worsening economic crises, higher
inflation and higher borrowing costs."



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