Former Labor Statistics Bureau of Bureau of Statistics (BLS), Erica McAntarfer made her first public comment on Tuesday, as she was fired by President Trump last month after a poor job report and adequate amendment for earlier data.
Speaking at the Levi Economics Institute at Bard College, her Alma Mater, Mccentarfer Missed his experience He was fired while learning and Warned of capacity According to the economic results of his firing Multiple news reports,
“1 August was like any other Friday when the number of jobs comes out, and my calm and usually obscure the small corner [of] The government told political leaders about their business of telling them what these figures tell us about the status of the economy, ”according to the report, he said during his lecture.
“By the end of that day, I was very publicly fired by the President of the United States and was on my way to become a domestic name. It was a very low day, at least to say,” she continued.
MCENTARFER said he was first learned that he was fired when he was approached a reporter, asking Trump to comment on the social media post.
“To be honest, I really didn’t believe that I was fired,” MCENTARFER said. He then examined his inbox and saw a message 20 minutes before the White House, informing him that he was “immediately terminated effectively.”
When Trump fired MCENTARFER, he accused him of misrepresenting the number of jobs to harm him politically. Economists at the political spectrum have said that such falseization would be impossible, it is regular to pay attention to the amendment for the number of jobs and reflects reporting late from employers.
Biden appointment MCENTARFER said on Tuesday, “As long as I was fired, I can vow for the accuracy and freedom of agency’s work.”
MCENTARFER also warned of threat to intervene with BLS freedom.
“Firing your chief statistician is a dangerous step,” he said in a lecture. “This is an attack on the freedom of an institution, of course as the Federal Reserve for economic stability. It has serious economic consequences, but they would do so without any warning – it had no meaning.”
“Playing with economic data is like playing with traffic lights and closing the sensor,” he said. “The cars do not know where to go, the traffic returns to the intersections.”
He also said that other countries have pushed statistics due to disappointing figures and have faced results pointing to Argentina, Greece and Turkey.
“As a result of confidence in economic figures, the loss inspired these countries to deteriorate economic crises, high inflation and high borrowing costs,” he said.
