President Trump has said he will choose a new Commissioner for the Bureau of Labor Statistics within the next three to four days, after firing the most recent Commissioner in response to a poor jobs report.

White House officials on Sunday defended President Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) following a weak jobs report, a move that has sparked broad criticism. “The president wants his own people there so that when we see the numbers,

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -White House economic advisers on Sunday defended President Donald Trump's firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, pushing back against criticism that Trump's action could undermine confidence in official U.S. economic data.