President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics was on the Capitol grounds during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, appearing in multiple videos of the crowd taken shortly before rioters breached the building. The White House insists the nominee, conservative economist E.J. Antoni, was merely a bystander …
Read More »Trump Nominates Conservative Economist E.J. Antoni to Lead Bureau of Labor Statistics
President Donald Trump on Monday nominated E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the agency that compiles and releases the nation’s key employment and inflation data. “Our economy is booming, and E.J. will ensure that the numbers released are HONEST and …
Read More »March Jobs Report Shows Strong Labor Market With Job Gains In Health Care And Government
by Casey Quinlan, Michigan Advance The sturdy labor market continued to chug along in March, with an unemployment rate of 3.8%, marking the 26th straight month of an unemployment rate under 4%. The economy added 303,00 jobs, according to the monthly report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on …
Read More »Inflation Hits 40-Year High In June, Biden Points To Decreasing Gas Prices
Inflation reached a 40-year high for June as prices for gas, food and rent increased, according to the latest Consumer Price Index from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Wednesday. Consumer prices for all items increased 9.1% for the 12 months ending in June compared to last year, the biggest year-to-year increase …
Read More »February Was A Strong Month For The U.S. Economy, But It’s Still Unequal For Women
Originally published by The 19th The economy notched a month of strong growth in February, surpassing expectations by adding 678,000 net jobs — more than half of which went to women. According to new Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Friday, women gained 347,000 new net jobs in the economy, …
Read More »A Record 4.4 Million Americans Quit Their Jobs In September
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 4.4 million Americans quit their jobs in September in search of better pay or better job opportunities. That record number is up from the 4.3 million who quit jobs in August. “Labor now has the initiative, and the era of paying individuals less …
Read More »Employers Added 850,000 Jobs in June, Better Than Expected
Employers added 850,000 jobs in June, well above expectations, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. That compares to 559,000 jobs in May and forecasts of a 700,000 increase. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate was slightly changed at 5.9%, up from its 5.8% rate in May. “Notable job gains occurred in …
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