The former Trump employment data manager decreases the dismissal of the successor

“It’s harmful,” said William Beach, whom Trump chose during his first mandate to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, on CNN Union state Sunday.

On Friday, Trump dismissed Erika Mcentarfer a few hours after the labor market data has shown weak growth in jobs based in part on high decline revisions for May and June. Trump’s decision, who said the last monthly report was “false”, encouraged an outcry by economists and legislators.

“I do not know that there is at all for this dismissal,” said Beach, that Mcentarfer replaced in January 2024. “And that really hurts the statistical system. This undermines the credibility in BLS.”

Studies indicate that agency data is more precise than 20 or 30 years ago, including any revision of initial data, said Beach. Even so, he said he would trust future BLS data because people working for the agency are “among the most loyal Americans you can imagine”, making the office “the best statistical agency around the world”.

Bank of America’s CEO, Brian Moynihan, speaking on CBS on Sunday Face the nationUsing the US government to improve its data collection to avoid revisions that generate mistrust.

“We look at what consumers really do. We are looking at what business really do,” said Moynihan, without addressing the dismissal policy. “They can get this data, I think, other ways, and I think that is where the accent would be.”

He noted that the revision of data from May and June, although it was not unusual, was one of the largest in seven years. “It creates a doubt around him,” he said. “Let’s spend money. Let’s gather the information. Find where is reported in government. ”

MCENTARFER was confirmed by the Senate during a bipartite vote 86-8. Vice-president JD Vance, then Senator, voted to approve his appointment.

Kevin Hassett, Trump’s chief economic advisor at the White House, alleged that the revisions of the important data from jobs were poorly explained and were enough evidence for a “new set of eyes” in the BLS. He sought to contradict the representation of the agency by the beach as politically neutral.

“The main thing is that there were people involved in creating these figures,” said Hassett on NBC Meet the press.

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Pressed if Trump would dismiss anyone offering data with whom he disagreed, Hassett, who runs the National Economic Council, in disagreement.

“No, absolutely not,” he said. “The president wants his own people there so that when we see the figures, they are more transparent and more reliable.”