Slightly more Americans distrust the federal economic data than trust it, according to a survey that was published on Tuesday. 

The Economist/YouGov poll found that 46 percent of Americans “completely or somewhat”  distrust federal government data on the economy, while another 42 percent “completely or somewhat” trust it. Some 12 percent of respondents said they did not know when asked about the matter. 

The number of Americans who trust the federal government’s economic data is down by 8 points since March, when it was at 53 percent. 

The survey was launched the same day President Trump decided to fire the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Erika McEntarfer, after a dismal July jobs report and revisions showing the country added 258,000 fewer jobs in the last three months. 

“She will be replaced with someone much more competent and qualified,” the president wrote on Truth Social. “Important numbers like this must be fair and accurate, they can’t be manipulated for political purposes.”

Many respondents, 44 percent, said they think the federal government undercounts the number of unemployed people in the country. Just 8 percent of Americans said that the government overcounts the number of unemployed people, while 21 percent said the government figures are accurate, according to the survey. Nearly 3 in 10 people, 28 percent, said they did not know. 

Democratic Party voters are more likely to say, 54 percent, compared to Republicans, 32 percent, that the federal government is undercounting unemployment numbers, the poll found.

The latest figures represent a switch compared to the responses during former President Biden’s administration, when more GOP voters than Democrats said the government is undercounting unemployment data, the pollster noted. 

The survey was conducted from Aug. 1-4 among 1,702 U.S. adults. The margin of error was approximately 3.5 percent.