The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported weak July job growth and made downward revisions for May and June. President Trump, upset about the revisions, fired the head of that agency.
The president's reaction to the bad Jobs Report news was swift. He posted on Truth Social that, “we need accurate Jobs Numbers” and proceeded to fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, Erika McEntarfer, who was appointed by President Biden. Trump alleged that the jobs numbers were “rigged” to damage him politically.
A report out last week from the Institute for Supply Management found that in July, manufacturing orders shrank for the sixth month in a row. That’s after the Labor Department reported that manufacturing employment hit its lowest level in three years. Marketplace’s Justin Ho has more on what's going on in America's factories.
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