Trump's BLS Nominee Floats Ending Monthly Jobs Report

Conservatives join backlash over Trump pick for head of labor statistics: ‘Not a credible source of information’

Even Republican economists have criticized president’s pick of EJ Antoni to lead the Bureau of Labor StatisticsUS politics live – latest updatesDonald 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 supp…

Trump’s Bureau of Labor Statistics nominee was Jan 6 ‘bystander,’ says White House

E.J. Antoni, tapped by President Trump to serve as the nation’s top economic data official, appears in Capitol Police surveillance footage from January 6, 2021

Trump’s new statistics chief is not qualified to do the job

The internet has been quick to dig into the professional history of EJ Antoni, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labour Statistics. It doesn’t take long.

White House hopes monthly U.S. jobs report to continue despite claim by labour statistics nominee

Donald Trump's selection as next commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics threatens to bring a new level of politicization to what for decades has been a nonpartisan agency issuing reports on the nation's economic health, according to Democrats and some economists.

Trump's BLS nominee floats ending monthly jobs report

EJ Antoni's comment raised new alarm about the future of an agency that tracks how the economy of the world's richest country is faring.

Trump's BLS nominee E.J. Antoni suggests suspending monthly jobs report

E.J. Antoni, an economist nominated by President Trump to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, said the jobs report is flawed.