The data of new jobs that will be released on Friday will mark the first version of this type, since a bleach report last month led President Donald Trump to fire the official manager in charge of compiling labor statistics.
A job report in August showed a strong deceleration of hiring during the summer, which caused concern among some economists about a possible recession.
The United States added an average of approximately 35,000 jobs for three months that end in July, which marked an important cooling of the approximately 196,000 added jobs on average during the previous period of three months, US Labor Statistics Office (BLS) The data showed.
Economists expect US employers to have hired 75,000 workers in August, which would mark a better hiring than the last months, but are well below the registered rhythm at the beginning of the year.
The latest job data will have implications for a widely expected interest rate reduction when the best federal reserve policy formulators meet in two weeks.
The president of the Fed, Jerome Powell, recently said that the Central Bank “would carefully proceed”, but hinted at the possibility of an interest rate cut, and it seems that it indicates a greater concern to mark the growth of employment than the increase in prices.
A weakest job report than expected on Friday could consolidate a possible reduction in the interest rate, while a better figure than anticipated could push the central bank to wait a month to observe a possible inflation induced by the rate.
On Thursday night, investors linked the possibilities of a reduction in the rate of a quarter point to 97%, according to CME Fedwatch toolA measure of the feeling of the market.
Hours after the publication of the weak jobs report last month, Trump eliminated Bls Commissioner Erika Mcedarfer. The job report presented downward reviews, which led Trump to suggest without evidence that work statistics had been “manipulated.” The BLS routinely reviews the estimates of the added works in the previous months.
Mtientefer, a Biden designated one who was confirmed by the Senate in 2024, had served in the federal government for two decades.
“It has been the honor of my life to serve as a BLS commissioner along with the many dedicated officials in charge of measuring a vast and dynamic economy,” said Mcentofer in a publication on social networks after his dismissal. “It is a vital and important work and I thank your service to this nation.”
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Polish President Karol Nawrocki at the Oval Office of the White House, on September 3, 2025, in Washington.
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William Beach, a former commissioner of the Office of Labor Statistics, who was appointed by Trump, condemned the dismissal of Mtientefer.
“The totally fundamental dismissal of Dr. Erika Mcentofer, my successor as Commissioner of Labor Statistics in BLS, establishes a dangerous precedent and undermines the statistical mission of the office,” Beach published in X.
Mtientefer did not respond to a request for previous ABC ABC comments.
As a replacement for Mtientefer, Trump nominated EJ Antoni, chief economist of the conservative turning heritage foundation. Antoni is a critic for a long time of the BLS and taxpayer to the Blueprint project of conservative policy 2025.
“Our economy is booming, and will ensure that the published numbers are honest and precise,” Trump said about Antoni in a publication on social networks.
