BLS Firing Sows Uncertainty

BLS firing sows uncertainty

In response to the firing of the leader of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Sen. Collins questioned the bureau’s predictions.

Firing BLS director over weak jobs report is 'banana republic' behavior

I grew up in the 1970s in and around one of the "safest" big cities in the United States, Philadelphia. That might be news to you given the City of Brotherly Love—now a relatively placid place—was known during that era for its gang-related murders and social dysfunction. It was news to residents, too, given that the streets felt so menacing. But why argue with statistics? A year after law-and-order populist Mayor Frank Rizzo won his election to …

'That's bananas!': GOP analyst slams Trump's 'flat-earther' BLS pick as a 'propagandist'

A conservative analyst on Tuesday slammed President Donald Trump's decision to consider a loyalist for the vacant Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner post. Journalist S.E. Cupp discussed Trump's decision to consider installing E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the Trump-aligned Heritage Foundation, to the top BLS post on CNN's "NewsNight with Abby Phillip." "What I think is disqualifying is when he says openly, publicly, and in an interview, t…