The move comes in the wake of Trump’s abrupt firing of Erika McEntarfer, the previous BLS commissioner, following a report that revealed not only disappointing job growth for July, but sharp downward revisions for prior months.
The appointment of Antoni, chief economist at the Heritage Foundation and a vocal critic of BLS data methodologies, signaled a radical shift. In his Fox Business interview, Antoni argued the monthly jobs report is so unreliable it misleads major economic actors—from businesses to the Federal Reserve—who depend on accurate employment data to make decisions.
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