At the White House, officials this week celebrated a spate of recent trade deals and tariff announcements as marking an end to the uncertain environment that has chilled hiring and investment.
“We’ve been hearing a lot about uncertainty over the last few months, but that’s all resolved now,” Stephen Miran, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, told CNN, speaking before the president fired the BLS chief. “So, it’s all going to get much, much better from here.”