Economic Policy Institute: Trump Wants to Hide the Consequences of His Bad Policies by Manipulating BLS Data--It Won't Work
August 13, 2025
August 13, 2025
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- The Economic Policy Institute issued the following commentary on Aug. 12, 2025:
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Trump wants to hide the consequences of his bad policies by manipulating BLS data--it won't work
By Josh Bivens
Yesterday, Trump announced that he will nominate E.J. Antoni as the next commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Antoni has repeatedly and unfairly attacked the agency he'd be set to run, contributed to . . .
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Trump wants to hide the consequences of his bad policies by manipulating BLS data--it won't work
By Josh Bivens
Yesterday, Trump announced that he will nominate E.J. Antoni as the next commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Antoni has repeatedly and unfairly attacked the agency he'd be set to run, contributed to . . .