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The Most Closely Watched Trump Firing in Washington

The Most Closely Watched Trump Firing in Washington

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For many Americans, the government’s monthly jobs number was a
pretty dull statistic — until a few days ago, when President
Trump angrily fired the person responsible for producing it, the
commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Now, from Washington to Wall Street, many people are wondering
whether you can still trust federal statistics if the president
is willing to just get rid of people who give him facts he
doesn’t like.

On this episode, Ben Casselman joins The Daily to discuss how the
government’s economic data suddenly turned into a national
drama.

Guest: Ben Casselman, the chief economics
correspondent for The New York Times.

Background reading:

President Trump fired America’s economic data collector.
History shows the perils of such a move.

Until the president fired her, Erika McEntarfer was an
economist with bipartisan support.

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available by the next workday.

Photo: Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

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