BLS, Trump and monthly jobs
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Trump's pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, E.J. Antoni, has suggested pausing the monthly jobs report, raising fears he could alter inflation data that's used to set cost-of-living adjustments for seniors.
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Trump’s pick to lead labor stats agency could pause monthly jobs report over accuracy concerns
Heritage Foundation economist E.J. Antoni, tapped to lead Bureau of Labor Statistics, calls monthly jobs data unreliable after recent job downward revision.
President Trump says he will nominate E.J. Antoni, the chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, to be the new commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Antoni has previously been a critic of the agency.
The artwork depicting a German battleship called the Bismarck was visible in two interviews with Antoni in 2023 and 2024.
E.J. Antoni, U.S. President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, called to suspend the monthly nonfarm payrolls report, citing flawed methods and misleading data, according to a media report published Tuesday.
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Trump Team Has Bonkers Excuse for Why BLS Pick Was at January 6 Riot
E.J. Antoni, the MAGA partisan Trump tapped to replace Erika McEntarfer as head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, was at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, reports NBC News. The Heritage Foundation economist and Project 2025 contributor can be seen among J6ers in footage archived by ProPublica.
If you haven’t been following the saga at an unassuming government agency known as the Bureau of Labor Statistics, boy have you been missing out.
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