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Macro investors are trying to make sense of President Donald Trump's Bureau of Labor Statistics plan.
The head of the agency responsible for producing U.S. jobs and inflation data is usually a low-profile technocrat with deep ...
It has not been an especially calm spring and summer for the economy: growth expectations have fallen, inflation has edged up, tariff policy has vacillated, and the president has lobbed rhetorical ...
Political pressure on government statisticians and private forecasters risks sending markets down a rabbit-hole, which could ...
The appointment of E. J. Antoni, to what is supposedly a non-partisan position in the administration, is another significant ...
The president is eliminating top government statisticians and data collection efforts he doesn’t like, raising alarms about ...
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has reignited concerns about political interference in future jobs data after saying the independence of statistical agencies was “nonsense” and the main focus should ...
The Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper urges the president's pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics to "take off his MAGA hat." ...
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For America, It's Time To Count What Really Counts

Donald Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because he didn't like the numbers announced in her monthly ...
Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics has a giant picture of Adolf Hitler’s favorite battleship in his office—and he isn’t afraid to see it. E.J. Antoni has come under fire for ...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended releasing monthly jobs reports amid accuracy concerns, emphasizing the need for ...
The BLS has failed to modernize, and its methods are deficient. The jobs number and its revisions do not meet accepted ...