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President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics has made a series of controversial assertions that critics say undermines his desire to have the agency better collect and process economic data.
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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President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics has already proposed data collection changes that would shift how the government enforces workplace laws, former Labor Department officials say.
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Donald Trump’s attempt to replace the chief of the Bureau of Labor Statistics with a MAGA extremist has advocates for women in the workplace worried about how the administration could potentially manipulate data to serve its political agenda.
E.J. Antoni, President Trump's pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), has suggested ending the monthly jobs reports closely watched by businesses.
President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics caused a stir when it surfaced that he suggested the traditionally nonpartisan agency suspend the monthly jobs report — something only the president himself could do.