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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 ...

Trump Advisers Consider Changes to How Government Collects Jobs Data

Officials have weighed new options for data collection, as well as new technologies that could make the process more ...

Controversy over Trump’s new Bureau of Labor Statistics chief

The appointment of E. J. Antoni, to what is supposedly a non-partisan position in the administration, is another significant ...

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 ...

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 is being taken as serious ...

More California voters are liking Trump's job performance

President Donald Trump’s job approval rating in California is slightly higher than what it was at this time in his first term ...

‘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!!” ...

Why economists across the political spectrum question Trump labor statistics nominee's credentials

President Trump has selected E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, to be the next commissioner at the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics. Antoni's nomination ...