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’Credibility’ of US economics data at risk, say experts, as president fires labor official (www.theguardian.com)

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After Donald Trump ordered the firing of a federal government official in charge of labor statistics, experts and opposition politicians have expressed alarm that the “credibility” of US economic data was at risk.

The US president claimed without evidence that Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of labor statistics, had “rigged” job numbers “in order to make the Republicans, and ME, look bad”, after data showed jobs growth stalled this summer, prompting accusations that the president was “firing the messenger”.

Bill Beach, a former Heritage Foundation economist who was picked by Trump in 2018 to oversee labor statistics, denounced what he called the “totally groundless firing”.

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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 16 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Not "at risk", rather "gone", or "obliterated".

[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 6 points 16 hours ago

‘Credibility’ of US at risk

There, fixed the headline for ya

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

former Heritage Foundation economist

Well well well if it isn't the obvious consequences of every action I took in my adult life.

[–] henfredemars 8 points 19 hours ago

General credibility in the toilet. Yet another.