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Bureau of Labor Statistics postpones key data report with no explanation  Axios Source link

The Department of Labor’s internal watchdog is launching a review of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) approach to collecting and reporting economic data. Laura Nicolosi, assistant inspector general for audit in the Labor’s Department’s Office of Inspector General, said in a September 10 letter to acting BLS commissioner William Wiatrowski that the watchdog will examine how the statistics bureau …

Exclusive | White House Prepares Report Critical of Statistics Agency  The Wall Street Journal Trump’s attempts to undermine faith in the jobs data hit a wall Friday. Here’s how the report really works  CNN Staffing Crisis Unfolds at BLS With a Third of Leadership Jobs Now Vacant  Bloomberg Trump ahead of Friday jobs report: ‘Real numbers’ will be ‘a year from now’  The Hill …

President Donald Trump might regret sacking his last Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) chief because the new numbers are in and they’re just as bad as before. Released Wednesday, the agency’s latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover report recorded just 7.18 million employment listings for July. It’s only the second time they’ve dipped below 7.2 million since the last quarter …

6 controversial ideas from Trump’s pick for top labor statistics job  The Washington Post Trump’s pick for BLS commissioner floated suspending the monthly jobs report before apparently backing off  CNN Trump Bureau of Labor Statistics nominee was a ‘bystander’ outside Capitol on Jan. 6, White House says  NBC News Trump’s Pick to Lead Labor Data Agency Adds to Fears of Political Interference  The New …

Donald Trump fired Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) commissioner Erika McEntarfer, a veteran economist with decades of experience inside the federal government, after claiming without evidence that official jobs data had been “rigged” against him. In her place, the US president has lined up an ardent supporter of his agenda accused of regularly misrepresenting and exaggerating statistics, who previously urged …

The Parler video, which was also archived by ProPublica, shows Antoni walking away from the crowd on the west side of the Capitol grounds. Tear gas was in the air, and conservative radio host Alex Jones can be heard speaking over a megaphone. At that time, police were struggling to hold off the mob from taking over the inauguration platform. …

President Donald Trump inaccurately claimed that the murder rate in Washington, D.C., “reached the highest rate probably ever” in 2023, and he ignored a decline in murders since then to justify a federal takeover of the city’s law enforcement. In declaring a “crime emergency” in Washington, Trump wrongly claimed at an Aug. 11 press conference, “Murders in 2023 reached the …

Washington — President Trump announced E.J. Antoni as his nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Monday, after he fired the former commissioner earlier this month, blaming her for a weaker-than-expected jobs report.  Antoni is a fellow at the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank, and he holds a doctorate in economics from Northern Illinois University. He’s defended Mr. …

Trump names Heritage’s E.J. Antoni to lead Bureau of Labor Statistics  Axios Trump nominates Heritage Foundation economist as labor statistics chief  The Guardian Trump Names EJ Antoni New BLS Commissioner  The New York Times Trump nominates Bureau of Labor Statistics critic as new commissioner  CNN Trump to nominate EJ Antoni as Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner  NBC News Source link