Trump names BLS veteran to head the statistics agency
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President Trump said he intends to nominate Brett Matsumoto, a former BLS economist now with the White House Council of Economic Advisers, to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics, replacing Erika McEntarfer. Matsumoto has a decade-long background in price index measurement at the BLS and previously served at the CEA; the nomination follows controversy over a prior pick. The BLS is a nonpartisan data agency, and the move comes as payroll data revisions for 2025 are expected to show slower job growth.
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