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President Trump has said he will choose a new Commissioner for the Bureau of Labor Statistics within the next three to four ...
Firing the BLS director was an overreaction. And last week’s data had both good and bad news for Donald Trump and his ...
Trump's firing of the BLS commissioner has raised fears that government employment data, used to make major economic policy decisions, will become politicized.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will decide on a nominee to fill a coming vacancy on the Federal Reserve's ...
Steve Bannon, a senior adviser to President Donald Trump in his first term and an influential voice in conservative circles, is pushing for EJ Antoni to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Trump’s attempt to bury unflattering information serves as a diversion from what could be a looming economic storm. Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, says that he believes the “economy ...
The monthly jobs report is already closely-watched on Wall Street and in Washington but has taken on a new importance after ...
Trump’s decision to dismiss Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS) chief Erika McEntarfer was taken on Friday afternoon, just ...
President Trump is right to raise doubts about the motivations of the government officials tasked with collecting and ...
Janet Yellen, the former Treasury secretary and chair of the Federal Reserve, described the firing to the New York Times as “ the kind of thing you would only expect to see in a banana republic .” ...
The top job at Bureau of Labor Statistics typically goes to an economist experienced in govt or academia. Now it also requires the ability to walk a tightrope ...
Yesterday, the president of the United States appeared without explanation on the roof of the White House, walked aimlessly ...