What really goes on at the Bureau of Labor Statistics (Update)

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  NPR.

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  This is the Indicator from Planet Money.

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  I'm Darian Woods.

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  And I'm Waylon Wang.

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  Here at the indicator.

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  Jobs growth is one of our favorite economic indicators.

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  It's this really direct measure of how the economy is going in a way that has this tangible,

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  wide reaching effect on everyday people.

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  But somehow over the last few days, this has also become one of the most controversial indicators.

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  On Friday,

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  President Trump posted on Truth Social that he had directed his team to fire the Commissioner of Labor Statistics.

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  Erica McIntar, shake up at the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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  As President Trump took to Truth Social,

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  he said that he is directing his team to fire the head of the commissioner.

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  And now this bizarre firing or soon to be firing.

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  What do we know now?

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  WILLIAM Riachowski, Deputy BLS Commissioner, is acting until a replacement can be appointed.

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  This was all after a weak jobs report and major downward revisions to the number of new jobs reported for the previous few months.

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  Trump posted that the numbers were rigged and he also accused Erica McIntyre of faking the jobs numbers before the election to boost Kamala Harris chances of winning.

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  We've covered how the Bureau of Labour Statistics has multiple layers of protection from meddling,

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