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"US President Donald Trump has fired the boss of one of America's most important economic institutions hours after weaker-than-expected jobs data stoked further alarm about his tariff policy.
On social media Trump claimed - without any evidence - that Erika McEntarfer, commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), had "RIGGED" jobs figures "to make the Republicans, and ME, look bad".
US stock markets plunged following the unprecedented move by the White House, with some accusing Trump of destroying public trust by politicising data.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said the president was "a bad leader" who "shoots the messenger" for weak statistics." |
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"no different to the regular sacking of civil servant heads of department because a prime minister doesn't like what they say. where's the shocking story?"
He's hiring his golf caddy as chief advisor because he's great at providing new lies |
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Yeah, it's a very bad move by Trump.
The BLS doesn't just publish official data on employment they also publish the official inflation statistics (the Consumer Price index and the Producer Price Index) used in all kinds of decision making mechanisms.
They also publish the US Import and Export Price Indexes!
If Trump thinks he can just appoint someone who will come up with the "right numbers" then it really is shocking. |
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By *ermbiMan 40 weeks ago
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"no different to the regular sacking of civil servant heads of department because a prime minister doesn't like what they say. where's the shocking story?"
Can you provide an example. Any evidence? Just out of curiosity |
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"no different to the regular sacking of civil servant heads of department because a prime minister doesn't like what they say. where's the shocking story?
Can you provide an example. Any evidence? Just out of curiosity "
Starmer sacked Sue Grey not so long ago. Not the head of a civil service dept I know, they were higher that. |
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By *I TwoCouple 40 weeks ago
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"no different to the regular sacking of civil servant heads of department because a prime minister doesn't like what they say. where's the shocking story?
Can you provide an example. Any evidence? Just out of curiosity
Starmer sacked Sue Grey not so long ago. Not the head of a civil service dept I know, they were higher that. "
Did she refuse to falsify the figures  |
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Starmer appointed Rachel Reeves who was not an economist at the Bank of England as she claimed. No comment from him when she got found out and amended her CV.
No surprise a year on the uk economy has two consecutive months of negative results, highest inflation in G7, and more businesses closing than opening, while Labour have attacked pensioners, farmers and the disabled trying to fill Reeves black hole. |
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