Banana republic? Trump puts credibility of US economic data on the line

Associate professor at HEC Paris Business School Tomasz Michalski comments in Al Jazeera the dismissal of Bureau of Labor Statistics chief Erika McEntarfer by Donald Trump, which has triggered fears of political interference in U.S. economic data. Michalski notes that "economic data manipulation is pervasive in history, especially in autocracies and dictatorships."