ABC News: 1st jobs report since Trump fired BLS head comes in below expectations Posted on September 7, 2025 by M Reply 1st jobs report since Trump fired BLS head comes in below expectationsOnly 22,000 jobs were added to the workforce in August, below economists’ expectations, while the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3%, the highest in nearly four years. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/1st-jobs-report-since-trump-fired-bls-head-comes-in-below-expectations/vi-AA1LWOqf