This Week, American Broadcasting Corporation
August 3, 2025
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Frank and Denie Weil Director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government
Charles W. Eliot University Professor
Abstract
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers called President Donald Trump's accusation without providing evidence that the top Bureau of Labor Statistics official manipulated jobs report numbers "a preposterous charge" on Sunday.
Speaking with "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos, Summers said that one official would not be able to change the numbers.
"These numbers are put together by teams of literally hundreds of people following detailed procedures that are in manuals. There's no conceivable way that the head of the BLS could have manipulated this number," Summers said.
Citation
Stephanopoulos, George, and Lawrence H. Summers. "Larry Summers says Trump's accusations of manipulated jobs numbers are ‘preposterous’." This Week, American Broadcasting Corporation, August 3, 2025.