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Here’s how Trump’s BLS commissioner pick has criticized BLS

BLS Commissioner Nominee’s Suggestion to Suspend Monthly Jobs Report Is ‘Like Gouging Our Eyes Out’

On Tuesday, Fox Business published an interview with the nominee, E.J. Antoni, during which Antoni suggested halting the release of the monthly jobs report and echoed Trump’s unfounded claims that the reports included misleading information.

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

EJ Antoni, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is no longer considering suspending the monthly jobs report — one of the most crucial and historic measurements of US economic activity — after proposing the unprecedented action during an interview that published Tuesday.

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Trump's BLS commissioner pick suggests suspending monthly jobs reports

E.J. Antoni, Trump's pick as commissioner of Labor Statistics, recently endorsed halting monthly jobs reports until the methodology is changed.

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Trump’s pick to head Bureau of Labor Statistics walks back his earlier plan to scrap monthly jobs reports

President Donald Trump ’s pick to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics, who previously proposed scrapping monthly jobs reports ...

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

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

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WATCH: Biden jobs chart had 'gigantic error,' Trump right to fire BLS chief, economist says

During Oval Office meeting pro-Trump economist Steve Moore says the president made the right call to fire the head of Bureau ...

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Inflation Up or Down? What About Jobs? The Agency That Should Know Is on the Rocks

Trump’s firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ leader compounds a yearslong struggle to modernize methods and maintain ...

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‘The neutrality of the agency has been eliminated’: Stats-based feds decry BLS chief’s firing

Employees express concern Trump's firing of the commissioner, which followed a weak jobs report, will lead to future ...

Bessent: How Can The Fed Set Rates When Jobs Data Is This Broken? "This Was A Five Standard Deviation Mistake"

Treasury Secretary Bessent defended President Trump's decision to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) head Erika McEntarfer after unprecedented downward revisions to May and June jobs figures ...

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