Miller Jipal, a Democrat of Washington State. >> So, Congressman, we've got inflation still an issue. You got tariffs wrecking the US economy, and now on top of that, you have a loyalist running the uh Bureau of Labor Statistics.I thought Donald Trump was voted into office to handle the economy. Almost a single issue he was supposed to be focused on. What happened.>> Well, I think that he lied. He lied to people and said that he was going to bring down costs on day one. And the reality is that that is not a ...

Okay, lots of people asking who is Trump's new nomination to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Well, President Trump yesterday said he planned to nominate EJ Antony. That is the chief economist at the Conservative Heritage Foundation.He wants this guy to be the new commissioner. Now, Steve Bannon, a longtime adviser to President Trump, has been saying Antony is the guy. >> EJ Antony as the new head of Bureau of Label Statistics, that's what we're pushing.He's the guy that almost single-handedly took it d ...

Donald Trump has nominated EJ and Tony as the new commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. He will replace Erica McInterer, who Trump fired after his ego was able unable to stomach a weaker thanex expected jobs report on August 1st. Antony is currently the chief economist at the Conservative Heritage Foundation.He's been a longtime critic of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to the Wall Street Journal, former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon advocated for Trump to have a MAGA ally li ...

Let's bring in SoFi's Liz Thomas and RS Asset Management's Carrie Firestone who as you see are here at Post 9 as well. Well, ladies, nice to see you. Nice to see you, too.Liz, what do you think about what you just heard. I think it sounds pretty optimistic and I got to say I too much so. No, not too much.So I I think you have to take a long-term view in order to hop on that optimistic train at this point not only in the year but at this level of valuations at this point where we're waiting for so much data ...

Trump's pick for Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner suggests suspending monthly jobs report. https://t.co/Uu5qx4DE4S ...

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook called the July jobs report “concerning,” and said it could signal an inflection point for the US economy https://t.co/QPQgF4gaSp ...

Joining us now in a CNBC exclusive interview with his first reaction to last week's Fed decision and jobs report is Jeffrey Gunllock. He is the founder, CEO, and CIO of Double Line. It is good to see you.Thanks for being here. >> Good to be with you again, Scott. So, you now have the benefit of course of not only the Fed decision having been made and hearing from the chair, but you have a jobs report to think about in answering my first question, which is did the Fed make the right move last week by not cut ...

President Trump claims the quote biggest miscalculation in over 50 years was what prompted him to fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erica McInterer. And White House officials are now hinting she may not be the only official show the door. Her miscalculation signing off on that dramatic downward revision in the data for May and June, which dropped jobs added by more than 250,000.Joining us now, CNBC senior analyst and commentator Ron and Sana, co-founder and director of economic policy at Veta ...

>> For imprint for certain. >> So President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after a worse than expected jobs report and some big revisions that came along with it. Joining us right now is former acting labor secretary under President Obama, Seth Harris, and the former acting white House chief of staff under President Trump, Mick Mulvaney.He's the co-chair of the strategic advisors. Gentlemen, welcome to both of you. This is something that people spend a lot of time thinking about and ...

White House economic advisers are defending President Trump's firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Erica McInterer, on Friday. Trump's move came hours after a stunning government report showed hiring had slowed significantly over the past 3 months, with the US adding just 73,000 jobs in July. Deep revisions to the previous two months now indicate the job market is considerably worse than previously thought, with the US only adding 19,000 jobs in May compared to the initial report of 144,000 ...