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Trump’s nominee to oversee jobs, inflation data faces shower of criticism

President Donald Trump has selected E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, to be the next ...

Trump’s pick for BLS commissioner floated suspending the monthly jobs before apparently backing off

EJ Antoni, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is no longer considering suspending the ...
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WATCH: Asked if Trump administration will continue to release jobs report, Leavitt says ‘I believe that is the plan’

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday that the government will continue to issue the monthly jobs report, ...

Jobs data blasted by Trump seen by Fed officials as reason to cut

The data that caused President Donald Trump to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because he did not like the ...

‘Crazy!!’: How Labor Statistics staff reacted to Trump firing commissioner after dismal jobs report

Staff at the Bureau of Labor Statistics called President Donald Trump's firing of its commissioner “depressing” and “CRAZY.

Trump nominates conservative economist to head agency that compiles jobs, inflation data

President Donald Trump has nominated E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, to head the agency ...

Trump picks E.J. Antoni as new Bureau of Labor Statistics head after firing old commissioner amid weak jobs report

President Trump announced E.J. Antoni as his nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Monday, after he fired the ...

Trump BLS pick suggests suspending monthly jobs report over data concerns

President Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) suggested the agency should stop issuing monthly jobs reports, claiming that the data the agency uses to calculate them ...