President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, claiming that last week’s jobs report “was rigged” without providing any evidence

The revisions to previous estimates of the size of U.S. payrolls gains for May and June that prompted President Donald Trump to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer were by any measure extraordinarily large.

President Donald Trump on Monday said July's jobs report was "rigged" to favor Democrats in a post on Truth Social. Trump fired Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Erika McEntarfer last week after the July jobs report,

Shares in Asia advanced Monday after Wall Street had its worst day since May following the release of weak U.S. jobs data. Markets in Asia had already reacted on Friday to U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement late Thursday of sweeping tariffs on imports from many U.

Asia shares trade mixed on Monday, tracking the sell-off on Wall Street last Friday, dragged lower after President Trump announced a new round of reciprocal tariffs ranging from 10% to 41% on numerous trade partners.