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Trump aides try to dispel fears new labor-data chief would scrap crucial monthly jobs report

Senior White House officials say there’s no plan to suspend the crucial monthly jobs report, shooting down an idea espoused ...

Trump picks E.J. Antoni as new Bureau of Labor Statistics head after firing old commissioner amid weak jobs report

President Trump announced E.J. Antoni as his nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Monday, after he fired the ...

‘Crazy!!’: How Labor Statistics staff reacted to Trump firing commissioner after dismal jobs report

Staff at the Bureau of Labor Statistics called President Donald Trump's firing of its commissioner “depressing” and “CRAZY!!” ...

What to Know About the Jobs Report That Led Trump to Fire the Labor Statistics Chief Amid Trade War Fallout

The data come after economists have expressed concern that the Trump Administration’s flip-flopping tariff policies and ...

Trump’s nominee to oversee jobs and inflation data faces shower of criticism

President Trump has selected E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, to be the next ...

Jobs data blasted by Trump seen by Fed officials as reason to cut

The data that caused President Donald Trump to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because he did not like the ...

‘This is all lies’: White House press secretary grilled after Trump nominee floats suspending decades-old practice

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was pressed on Tuesday after President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau ...

Massive revisions shook the jobs report. Tuesday’s inflation data could get cloudy, too

The next batch of inflation data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics was already shaping up to be a high-profile affair due ...