Trump's controversial nominee to lead BLS
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Isaac Saul
4.7 • 818 Ratings
🗓️ 20 August 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
In a social media post last Monday, August 11, President Donald Trump announced that he was nominating economist E.J. Antoni to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Earlier this month, Trump fired the previous commissioner, Erika McEntarfer, after the agency released a weaker-than-expected July jobs report and revised May's and June's numbers downwards.
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