White House withdraws Antoni's nomination to lead Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Trump administration has withdrawn its nomination of conservative economist E.J. Antoni as head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the White House said.


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The Trump administration has withdrawn its nomination of conservative economist E.J. Antoni as head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the White House said.

E. J. Antoni was nominated for the role in August, after President Trump fired former BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer.

E.J. Antoni, a conservative economist, had faced bipartisan criticism as President Trump's nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

real inflation during the Biden years was higher than what the BLS reported

Economists on the left and right criticized E.J. Antoni for misunderstanding the data he would now oversee.

E.J. Antoni, an economist nominated by President Trump to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, said the jobs report is flawed.

Antoni had the support of conservatives like former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon.
President Donald Trump said late Monday he plans to nominate E.J. Antoni, the chief economist of the conservative Heritage Foundation, to become commissioner o…
The president fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics chief after a downbeat jobs report. The move has jeopardized the credibility of economic data.



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