President Trump has fired the head of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics after the department revised down job numbers which he said were "rigged".

"There is absolutely no chance that the BLS commissioner manipulated the jobs and unemployment data to hurt Donald Trump," a former labor official says.

Economists said ousting the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics could undermine confidence in government economic data.

US President Trump alleged that the data had been manipulated to make him look bad.

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Trump fires BLS director, alleges data manipulation for political reasons, sparking controversy and market fluctuations.

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President claimed that recently released figures showing jobs slowdown were ‘rigged’ to make him look bad

The firing drew backlash from economists and others fearing that such a move will undermine trust in the key economic data in the future.

The president unceremoniously sacked the Bureau of Labor Statistics' top boss after weak employment numbers were released Friday.

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US president’s firing of Bureau of Labour Statistics commissioner sparks concerns over data integrity.

Trump’s firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics raises fears for the integrity of official statistics.

The comments are the latest effort by the White House to undercut economic data that does not fit within Trump's political narrative.

William Beach criticized the president for the shock firing of Erika McEntarfer, his successor at the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

President Trump has fired the head of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics after the department revised down job numbers which he said were "rigged".

President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics last week and described a jobs report that included a big downward revision as “rigged.”

The jobs report revisions that prompted Trump to fire the BLS commissioner were historically large. Here's why (Hint: it wasn't rigged data).

Trump's firing of the BLS commissioner has raised fears that government employment data, used to make major economic policy decisions, will become politicized.