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Trump orders Labour official fired after weak jobs report, renews attack on Fed chief

Trump orders Labour official fired after weak jobs report, renews attack on Fed chief

US President Donald Trump on Friday ordered that the commissioner of the US Bureau of Labour Statistics, Erika L. McEntarfer, be fired after data showed employment growth was weaker than expected last month.
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McEntarfer was nominated by former US president Joe Biden to serve in the role in 2023 and was confirmed by the US Senate the following year.
'We need accurate Jobs Numbers. I have directed my Team to fire this Biden Political Appointee, IMMEDIATELY. She will be replaced with someone much more competent and qualified,' Trump said in a social media post.
Commissioners typically serve four-year terms but since they are political appointees can be fired. The commissioner is the only political appointee of the agency, which has hundreds of career civil servants.
In the same post, Trump said that Federal Reverse Chairman Jerome Powell should be 'put out to pasture'.
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'The Economy is BOOMING under 'TRUMP' despite a Fed that also plays games, this time with Interest Rates, where they lowered them twice, and substantially, just before the Presidential Election, I assume in the hopes of getting 'Kamala' elected – How did that work out? Jerome 'Too Late' Powell should also be put 'out to pasture,'' Trump said.
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