According to BlockBeats, U.S. President Donald Trump is set to announce a new head for the Labor Statistics Bureau within the next three to four days. This decision follows his directive to dismiss the current bureau chief, Erika McEntarfer, after alleging without evidence that the disappointing employment data was "manipulated." The bureau confirmed McEntarfer's dismissal and stated that her deputy, William Wiatrowski, will serve as the acting director.
The announcement comes in the wake of the July employment report released earlier on Friday, which revealed a modest increase of only 73,000 jobs last month. Additionally, the Labor Statistics Bureau disclosed significant revisions to previous data, indicating that the total number of jobs was overestimated by 258,000. This adjustment marks the second-largest downward revision over two months on record, surpassed only by corrections made during the pandemic period.