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Wall Street depends on the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ flagship jobs report for economic and Fed policy clues.
Fire the economists. Sue the Fed chair. Meddle in private businesses. Consider suspending economic reports. Demand fealty.
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 ...
President Donald Trump’s recent firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer following the agency’s ...
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.
With Trump’s BLS nominee itching to kill off the monthly jobs reports, public firings and displays of sycophancy may become our best economic indicators.
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 ...
The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics regularly publishes a suite of reports and datasets that businesses, journalists, ...