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Trump picks conservative BLS critic to lead BLS
Trump fired the previous BLS commissioner, Erika McEntarfer, 11 days ago after a weak July jobs report that he baselessly ...
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Trump Hires Data Chief Who Agreed With Steve Bannon’s Call for ‘MAGA Republican’ to Control Jobs Data
Trump also accused McEntarfer of “rigging” jobs data to make him look “bad” after July’s numbers came in soft and fired her shortly after Bannon and Antoni’s conversation.
Trump was correct to fire BLS chief after data became ‘increasingly unreliable,’ says former Trump advisor
Economist Steve Moore discusses President Donald Trump’s economic policy and ‘correct’ firing of a Bureau of Labor Statistics ...
BLS nominee made claim that no ‘sensible economist would use’ — and that’s one of the kinder comments
President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics has made a series of controversial assertions that ...
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Harvard Economist Slams Trump's Pick For BLS Chief As 'Completely Unqualified,' But Doubts He Could 'Cook The Books'
According to media reports, Antoni contributed to Project 2025, a controversial conservative policy blueprint aimed at ...
Firing the BLS chief was a petulant move, says former CEA chair Greg Mankiw
Greg Mankiw, Harvard University economics professor and former CEA chairman, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the fallout from ...
How to Know When to Freak Out about Data Manipulation at BLS
Victoria Guida is an economics correspondent at POLITICO and author of Capital Letter, a reported column that probes policies ...