Data Shows Job Market Still Sucks After Trump Fired Labor Stats Chief
Andrew Harnik / Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump might regret sacking his last Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) chief because the new numbers are in and they’re just as bad as before.Released Wednesday, the agency’s latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover report recorded just 7.18 million employment listings for July. It’s only the second time they’ve dipped below 7.2 million since the last quarter of 2020, at the height of the COVID pandemic. !function(e,n,i,s){var d="InfogramEmbeds";var o=e.getElementsByTagName(n)[0];if(window[d]&&window[d].initialized)window[d].process&&window[d].process();else if(!e.getElementById(i)){var r=e.createElement(n);r.async=1,r.id=i,r.src=s,o.parentNode.insertBefore(r,o)}}(document,"script","infogram-async","https://e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js");Read more at The Daily Beast.
