President Donald Trump directed his Administration on Friday to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after the agency released a report that showed that the U.S. added fewer jobs in July than many economists had expected,

The markets were looking to rebound on Monday after revised jobs numbers created a shock last week, resulting in President Trump firing the Bureau of Labor Statistics chief.

Without evidence, Trump called the data "rigged" and implied that BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer manipulated the numbers "for political purposes."