US EditionTrump nominates Brett Matsumoto for BLS commissioner
Matsumoto, a BLS economist since 2015, is nominated to restore stability after a year of leadership turmoil and political concerns at the agency.
- Later this year, President Donald Trump plans to nominate Brett Matsumoto to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which has lacked a confirmed commissioner since Aug. 1.
- After the Aug. 1 firing of former BLS commissioner Erika McEntarfer, Trump initially nominated E.J. Antoni, but the White House withdrew his nomination amid criticism.
- Before the nomination, Brett Matsumoto spent the past year as a senior economist on the White House Council of Economic Advisers and has worked at the BLS since 2015, serving as a supervisory research economist.
- Requiring Senate confirmation, the nomination would replace acting head William Wiatrowski and reassure investors and Federal Reserve officials who rely on BLS reports like the Consumer Price Index.
- Amid warnings the statistical system could be harmed, a federal hiring freeze last year created staff shortfalls that forced the BLS to cut back its inflation survey and caused a six-week interruption in data.
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Trump: My New Pick for BLS Will 'Quickly Fix' Things
President Trump said on Friday that he's nominating the government economist Brett Matsumoto to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after having previously accused the federal agency of releasing low monthly jobs numbers in order to make him look bad. There's no evidence that the Bureau of Labor Statistics sought...
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suedtirolnews.itBrett Matsumoto is to become the new head of the agency. The US president had dismissed predecessor McEntarfer for allegedly falsified figures.
Who is Brett Matsumoto, Trump’s pick to lead the BLS?
Big changes are possibly ahead for the Bureau of Labor Statistics as President Donald Trump announced Friday night he will nominate Brett Matsumoto. He fired Erika McEntarfer back in August following a poor hiring report. Trump took to social media to make the announcement. He said the BLS has been failing American businesses, policymakers and families with inaccurate numbers. “I am confident that Brett has the expertise to QUICKLY fix the long …
After dismissing the head of the Ministry of Labour's statistical department in August, accusing him of being responsible for the wrong employment figures, the US President appointed a successor to head the main agency publishing key indicators of the American economy.
Donald Trump fired the department's chief statistician in August after accusations of manipulating job numbers.
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