The data come after economists have expressed concern that the Trump Administration’s flip-flopping tariff policies and sweeping layoffs at federal agencies could slow economic growth. Some Democratic lawmakers slammed the Administration upon the release of the Labor Department’s report.

President Donald Trump has defended his decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) after the latest jobs report, released Friday, Aug. 1. The July numbers showed the economy added just 73,

President Trump on Friday fired the head of the government agency that produces the monthly jobs report, claiming without evidence she was biased against him.