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Trump's pick for BLS chief has floated pausing monthly jobs reports. Investors and economists say it's a terrible idea.

E.J. Antoni, President Trump's pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, said it should suspend the monthly jobs report ...

WATCH: Biden jobs chart had 'gigantic error'; Trump right to fire BLS chief, economist says

During an Oval Office meeting, pro-Trump economist Steve Moore said the president made the right call to fire the head of ...
Opinion

Firing BLS Director Over Weak Jobs Report Is 'Banana Republic' Behavior

If a Democratic president tried to so directly politicize an independent agency, Republicans would be screaming about the coming tyranny.

Trump’s pick to head Bureau of Labor Statistics walks back his earlier plan to scrap monthly jobs reports

President Donald Trump ’s pick to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics, who previously proposed scrapping monthly jobs reports ...

Inflation Up or Down? What About Jobs? The Agency That Should Know Is on the Rocks

Trump’s firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ leader compounds a yearslong struggle to modernize methods and maintain ...