Submission + - US Montly Jobs Report firing: lies, damn lies, and statistics (bls.gov)
cosmicl writes: The Bureau of Labor and statistics reported that the US added 73,000 jobs in July. Apparently President Trump did not like this number because he thought it was much too low. Solution? Fire Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, "whom he accused, without evidence, of manipulating the monthly jobs reports for “political purposes.” " The report is detailed at the BLS website, Along with plenty of charts and other data.
Looks like commissioner McEntarfer (senate approval 86-8 Jan 2024) and team are following a methodology that the BLS repeats every month. As part of the process there is a revision for each month. Weather or not you like the method, it appears to be relatively transparent and repeated for each month. Hard to see how this firing is going to improve the situation beyond stroking the ego of the Dear Leader.
Looks like commissioner McEntarfer (senate approval 86-8 Jan 2024) and team are following a methodology that the BLS repeats every month. As part of the process there is a revision for each month. Weather or not you like the method, it appears to be relatively transparent and repeated for each month. Hard to see how this firing is going to improve the situation beyond stroking the ego of the Dear Leader.
