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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kelly Rissman

Trump’s pick to head Bureau of Labor Statistics walks back his earlier plan to scrap monthly jobs reports

President Donald Trump’s pick to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics, who previously proposed scrapping monthly jobs reports, is now backing off that idea, according to a report.

Trump tapped EJ Antoni, the chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, for the role after firing the agency’s last commissioner following her release of a poor July jobs report.

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