Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers called President Donald Trump's baseless accusation that the top Bureau of Labor Statistics official manipulated jobs report numbers "a preposterous charge" on Sunday.

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers had choice words for President Donald Trump after he fired his stats boss over an abysmal jobs report. Trump fired Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS),

President Donald Trump’s firing of the chief labor statistician was criticized by her predecessor, who called it an unfounded move that will undermine confidence in a key data set on the US economy.

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett agreed with President Donald Trump‘s firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics due to the “massive revisions” of the last jobs report. According to the latest BLS report,

US President Donald Trump has fired the boss of one of America's most important economic institutions hours after weaker-than-expected jobs data stoked further alarm about his tar