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Bureau of Labor Statistics tells the US what’s up with the economy – Trump firing its top official may undercut trust in its data

  • Written by Thomas A. Stapleford, Associate Professor of History and Liberal Studies, University of Notre Dame
Bureau of Labor Statistics tells the US what’s up with the economy – Trump firing its top official may undercut trust in its dataIsador Lubin, chief of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, presents data to a Senate committee in 1937.Library of Congress

Many financial and political analysts are trying to assess the impact of President Donald Trump’s decision to fire U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer on Aug. 1, 2025, the same day that an...

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