Trump Claims The Jobs Report Was Rigged Was It?
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The subject of this post, is the exact same subject of the original Wall Street Journal, so let's see if the SW management is complicit with their blatant attempt to suppress freedom of speech, so here's another way of putting it.
Despite claims by Donald Trump that US jobs reports were rigged, multiple sources indicate there is no evidence to support this. The reports, produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), are compiled through a standard, transparent, and nonpartisan process.
Trump made the accusations following disappointing jobs figures and the routine process of data revision, which is often misinterpreted as manipulation.
Trump's accusation: After a soft jobs report in July 2025 that included significant downward revisions to previous months, Trump claimed the numbers were "RIGGED" and fired BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer. He also alleged McEntarfer had manipulated jobs numbers before the 2024 election.
Response from officials and experts: In response, former BLS Commissioner William Beach, appointed by Trump, stated it is "impossible" for a commissioner to manipulate the data and that a structured process prevents it. Multiple economists and former BLS officials, spanning the political spectrum, also denounced the claims and confirmed the integrity of the data.
BLS employees' statement: In September 2025, BLS employees publicly urged the public to trust the jobs report, stating that McEntarfer had done nothing wrong and that the commissioner does not see the final numbers until shortly before publication.
The process Trump claimed was evidence of rigging is, in fact, a routine and standard part of compiling economic data.
Monthly revisions: Every month, the BLS revises the data for the previous two months as more complete survey information becomes available. Large revisions, both up and down, are normal and have happened under both Republican and Democratic administrations.
Annual benchmark revisions: The BLS also conducts more comprehensive annual revisions, using detailed tax and employment insurance data. The preliminary September 2025 revision showed that US employers added 911,000 fewer jobs between March 2024 and March 2025 than initially reported. This was the largest revision on record but is part of a standard process to improve data accuracy.
Why revisions happen
The need for data revisions stems from the nature of collecting information from hundreds of thousands of workplaces.
Response rates: Response rates to the government surveys used for the initial jobs report have declined over time. This means later revisions, which incorporate more complete tax data, can result in larger adjustments than in the past.
Complex economy: The BLS relies on economic models to account for business births and deaths, but pandemic-era distortions have made these models less precise.
Systemic checks: Annual revisions are a built-in feature of the system designed to improve accuracy by cross-checking initial survey estimates with more definitive data. The final benchmark revision for the period ending March 2024, for example, eventually proved to be a smaller downgrade than the preliminary August 2024 number Trump had also criticized.
Conclusion
There is no evidence to support the claim that the US jobs report was rigged. The claims are based on a misunderstanding or misrepresentation of the BLS's transparent and routine process of monthly and annual data revision. Independent economists, past and present BLS officials, and the government agency itself have repeatedly affirmed the integrity of the jobs data.
And one more thing, the following month showed soft number as well. Who's Trump going to fire this time?
MAGA: you cannot handle the truth.
The MAGA scum, with multiple fake accounts on SW get all bent out of shape, because if it's not from Fox, or Cheeto Benito, they get off on suppressing freedom of speech.
The SW management decided to delete the posts they complain about.
The subject of this post, is the exact same subject of the original Wall Street Journal, so let's see if the SW management is complicit with their blatant attempt to suppress freedom of speech, so here's another way of putting it.
Despite claims by Donald Trump that US jobs reports were rigged, multiple sources indicate there is no evidence to support this. The reports, produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), are compiled through a standard, transparent, and nonpartisan process.
Trump made the accusations following disappointing jobs figures and the routine process of data revision, which is often misinterpreted as manipulation.
Trump's accusation: After a soft jobs report in July 2025 that included significant downward revisions to previous months, Trump claimed the numbers were "RIGGED" and fired BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer. He also alleged McEntarfer had manipulated jobs numbers before the 2024 election.
Response from officials and experts: In response, former BLS Commissioner William Beach, appointed by Trump, stated it is "impossible" for a commissioner to manipulate the data and that a structured process prevents it. Multiple economists and former BLS officials, spanning the political spectrum, also denounced the claims and confirmed the integrity of the data.
BLS employees' statement: In September 2025, BLS employees publicly urged the public to trust the jobs report, stating that McEntarfer had done nothing wrong and that the commissioner does not see the final numbers until shortly before publication.
The process Trump claimed was evidence of rigging is, in fact, a routine and standard part of compiling economic data.
Monthly revisions: Every month, the BLS revises the data for the previous two months as more complete survey information becomes available. Large revisions, both up and down, are normal and have happened under both Republican and Democratic administrations.
Annual benchmark revisions: The BLS also conducts more comprehensive annual revisions, using detailed tax and employment insurance data. The preliminary September 2025 revision showed that US employers added 911,000 fewer jobs between March 2024 and March 2025 than initially reported. This was the largest revision on record but is part of a standard process to improve data accuracy.
Why revisions happen
The need for data revisions stems from the nature of collecting information from hundreds of thousands of workplaces.
Response rates: Response rates to the government surveys used for the initial jobs report have declined over time. This means later revisions, which incorporate more complete tax data, can result in larger adjustments than in the past.
Complex economy: The BLS relies on economic models to account for business births and deaths, but pandemic-era distortions have made these models less precise.
Systemic checks: Annual revisions are a built-in feature of the system designed to improve accuracy by cross-checking initial survey estimates with more definitive data. The final benchmark revision for the period ending March 2024, for example, eventually proved to be a smaller downgrade than the preliminary August 2024 number Trump had also criticized.
Conclusion
There is no evidence to support the claim that the US jobs report was rigged. The claims are based on a misunderstanding or misrepresentation of the BLS's transparent and routine process of monthly and annual data revision. Independent economists, past and present BLS officials, and the government agency itself have repeatedly affirmed the integrity of the jobs data.
And one more thing, the following month showed soft number as well. Who's Trump going to fire this time?
MAGA: you cannot handle the truth.
