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Trump says he’s nominating E.J. Antoni as Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner
WASHINGTON, D.C., AUG 11 – E.J. Antoni, aligned with Trump’s conservative agenda and supported by Steve Bannon, is nominated to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics amid contested job reports and agency leadership changes.
- President Donald Trump nominated E.J. Antoni as the new commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Monday.
- E.J. Antoni has been described by Trump as a "Highly Respected Economist" in a Truth Social post.
- Trump made the nomination after firing the previous commissioner, whom he accused of rigging jobs data without evidence.
- The Bureau of Labor Statistics is responsible for collecting and publishing data about jobs and inflation.
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E. J. Antoni is to be the successor of the recently fired head of the Labour Market Statistics Agency. USA and China extend pause in the customs dispute by 90 days.
The U.S. president had asked for the dismissal of the statistician on 1 August, accusing her of having published bad employment figures.
Trump Picks Critic to Run Bureau of Labor Statistics
President Trump has turned to the Heritage Foundation for an ally to oversee the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after accusing the last commissioner without evidence of manipulating jobs report data and firing her . EJ Antoni, chief economist at the foundation and a Project 2025 contributor, has been a staunch critic...
President Donald Trump named E.J. Antoni, an economist of an ultra-conservative reflection centre, at the lead of the main economic statistics agency in the United States, almost two weeks after sending him to his former chief, who published negative figures on employment, reports the AFP and Reuters.
The U.S. president appointed E.J. Antoni, a very conservative economist and one of his strong supporters, as head of the main U.S. statistical agency.
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