According to a report by Golden Finance, the Wall Street Journal revealed that after the labor statistics chief was abruptly dismissed this month due to weak employment data performance, White House officials disclosed that the Trump administration is considering changing the way federal employment data is collected and released. According to informed sources, in recent days, White House aides have held a series of closed-door meetings with Labor Department officials to explore solutions such as using new technologies to enhance data collection efficiency. A White House assistant stated that improving the response rate of the Labor Statistics Bureau's surveys is one of the reform goals. Officials said Trump has explicitly requested to avoid significant data revisions in the future. White House Press Secretary Levitt stated on Tuesday that the President is reviewing the 'statistical methods and processes' behind the employment data. The report noted that if the methodology for the non-farm employment report, released on the first Friday of each month, were to change, it could raise external doubts about Trump's manipulation of the data for political purposes. The president, who frequently questions data that does not align with his worldview, has recently intensified his control over traditionally independent operating agencies and has purged career bureaucrats viewed as disloyal.
