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President Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee the Bureau of Labor Statistics has drawn criticism after suggesting the agency suspend its monthly jobs report. While supporters of E.J. Antoni's plan say ...
E.J. Antoni’s nomination was quickly met with a cascade of criticism from other economists, from across the political spectrum.
Economists across the ideological spectrum have accused Antoni of making misleading and inaccurate claims about the economy ...
The Federal Reserve would find it harder to assess economic conditions in the absence of real-time data, some economists say.
E.J. Antoni, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), has proposed pausing the release of ...
President Donald Trump announced Monday his nomination of E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the Heritage Foundation, to serve ...
Former BLS Commissioner Erica Groshen told Newsweek she is "trying to avoid rushing to judgment" on the new pick.
President Donald Trump said Monday that he has nominated E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, to head the agency that compiles and publishes the nation's employment ...
MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle digs into President Trump's nomination for the new commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics — E ...