Washington – President Trump announced EJ Antoni as a candidate to lead the work statistics office on Monday, after that The former commissioner launched Earlier this month, I blamed it for a weaker job report.
Anthony is a Think Think Foundation Foundation Foundation, who holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Northern Illinois. he motive Mr. Trump’s economic policy is moving in the past, including the president Customs tariff strategy. He also has Bls criticized As for low response rates and the agency’s methodology was interrogated, Call “Phoney Balneyy” health insurance numbers last year and on One point joking That “L” is silent in the name of BLS.
He wrote in November: “Dog needs to take a saw to BLS …” After x.
“There are better ways of collecting, processing and publishing data – the mission of the next BLS Commissioner, and only connecting accurate data in time will rebuild the confidence that has been lost over the past few years,” he wrote shortly after the launch of the former BLS president.
Mr. Trump Anthony was nominated at a Social truth After, he said, “It will ensure that the issued numbers are sincere and accurate.”
Anthony will need to be confirmed by the Senate. The work statistics office is currently chaired by the representative commissioner William Waterfsky, who has worked in the agency for decades.
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Mr. Trump I command His administration to end Erika Minarkv, who was delegated to work statistics, on August 1, hours after the issuance of job report data in July. This report showed sharp Slowness in employmentAlong with a sharp review of the numbers of May and June employment.
Hours before the shooting, Anthony criticized BLS forData problems“And” “”A big problem“Reviews, although he described some numbers in the job report in July, including a Jumping at work by indigenous Americans and Development in government jobs.
In the aftermath of the launch of McNTarfer, Steve Bannon’s former strategic support for Anthony was to take over. Anthony appeared on Bannon Display The “War Chamber” on the day the job report appeared, describing the McNTarfer “. A few days later He said “We press” Anthony to lead BLS, and called him “the man who almost descended on his own by passing through their numbers.”
The President announced the shooting of MCNTarfer in a post on the social truth – without evidence – that it “falsified the job numbers before the elections to try to enhance the chances of victory for Kamala” and pledged to replace it “with a more efficient and qualified person.”
But Harvard Economics Professor Jason Foreman, Chairman of the Economic Chamber of Economics during the era of former President Barack Obama, was sharply criticizing the choice of Anthony, Say on x that“I don’t think I have publicly criticized any presidential candidate before. But EJ Antoni is not completely qualified to be a BLS delegate. He is a very party and has no relevant experience. It will be a break for decades of non -partisan technologies.”
Jessica Ridel, an economist at the Manhattan Conservative Institute, He said on x that She “never met EJ Antoni because he was not seen in many capital policy departments. However, articles and tweets that I have seen may publish may be more mistakes in any economic expert in the research tank at the present time. I hope to see better in BLS.”
Job report in October 2024, which was Absolute On November 1, 2024, four days before the election day, only 12,000 jobs were created – much less than 100,000 forecasts for this month – after two hurricanes and the main labor conflict. The following month, this number was reviewed up, to 36000 September Job report, However, the predictions that have been greatly exceeded – 254,000 jobs were created, instead of 140,000 economic jobs expected. This number was later reviewed to 223,000.
Mr. Trump continued the handrails against the volunteer commissioner and BLS on a larger scale in the days after the shooting, claiming to a mail On the social fact last week, the Jobs report in July “is false”, although he did not provide any evidence to support it. The president at Squawk Box from CNBC said on Tuesday that he was “a very political situation.” The Director of the National Economic Council defended Kevin Hayset for the president’s decision to appear on “Meet The Press, NBC”. Quoting from A series of reviews and patterns that “can make people wonder.”
“What we need is a new group of eyes in BLS,” Haysit said, adding that “the president wants his people there even when we see the numbers more transparent and more reliable.”
McNTarfer was a few and a half delegated, after confirming it in a wide Both parties Voting from 86 to 8 by the Senate in January 2024.
The latest job report showed in July, adding a weaker job of 53,000 jobs, with a review of 258,000 jobs created in May and June. Mr. Trump, who often tells job numbers, described job characters as a “shock” and a “big mistake” review. In its report, BLS said that the monthly reviews are “the result of additional reports received from government companies and agencies since the latest published estimates and from re -calculating seasonal factors.”
The American commercial actor, Jameson Jarir, admitted, in an interview with “Facing the Nation with Margaret Brennan” earlier this month that “there are always reviews”, but added that “sometimes you see that these reviews are proceeding in really extreme ways.”
“The president is the president. He can choose whoever works in the executive branch,” Jarir said.
Meanwhile, some economists and legislators have expressed concern about the shooting and a group of former BLS leaders to caution This step “undermines the valuable work and dedication to BLS employees” and “the president’s unprecedented attacks on the independence and safety of the federal statistical system.” The group called on Congress to investigate the shooting.
Aimee Picchi contributed to this report.