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Trump’s BLS pick is an ‘extreme partisan’ with no technical understanding of data: Jason Furman

President Trump says he will nominate E.J. Antoni, the chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, to be the new ...
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Trump Hires ‘MAGA’ Data Chief — Sparking Alarm From Conservatives and Liberals

I've hesitated to comment on this nomination, but it's quite obvious Antoni is not qualified. He is worse than not qualified, actually; he is agenda-driven, untrustworthy" ...

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 ...

In Firing the BLS Chief, Trump Escalates His Administration’s War on Data

But Trump’s firing of the BLS chief escalated his administration’s attack on information. Though researchers who rely on ...
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Trump’s Firing of BLS Chief Is Bound to Backfire

What happens next can only go wrong for him and the U.S. Here’s what experts and critics are arguing in the aftermath.

Trump signals higher tariffs, defends firing of BLS chief in combative CNBC interview

A defiant President Trump defended his firing of a top government jobs monitor and said he would like to run again in 2028.

Firing the BLS chief was a petulant move, says former CEA chair Greg Mankiw

Greg Mankiw, Harvard University economics professor and former CEA chairman, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the fallout from ...
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‘The neutrality of the agency has been eliminated’: Stats-based feds decry BLS chief’s firing

Employees express concern Trump's firing of the commissioner, which followed a weak jobs report, will lead to future ...