President Donald Trump has a pattern of dismissing or altering data that reflects poorly on him. During his first term, the Republican president suggested reducing COVID-19 testing to make the outbreak seem less severe.

Though Trump rejects the results of the report, Friday's jobs figures could raise the chances that the Fed cuts rates next month.

President Donald Trump directed his Administration on Friday to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after the agency released a report that showed that the U.S. added fewer jobs in July than many economists had expected,