White House struggles to justify firing of BLS chief over weak jobs numbers
CNBC Television·2025-08-04 14:09
Meanwhile, President Trump saying he's going to announce a new head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics this week. He made the comments before boarding Air Force One last night. >> We'll be announcing a new statistician sometime over the next 3 4 days.We had no confidence. I mean, the numbers were ridiculous what she announced. >> President's comments coming, of course, in the wake of criticism over his firing of the head of the BLS after Friday's worst thanex expected jobs numbers.President believes that BLS ...