Trump’s Nominee to Oversee Jobs, Inflation Data Faces Shower of Criticism
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Brian Albrecht, ICLE Chief Economist, was recently quoted in The Fast Bull article on the potential politicization of the BLS under President Trump’s nominee E.J. Antoni. Read the full article here.
“There’s just nothing in his writing or his resume to suggest that he’s qualified for the position, besides that he is always manipulating the data to favor Trump in some way,” said Brian Albrecht, chief economist at the International Center for Law and Economics.
“The stock market moves clearly based on these job numbers, and so people with skin in the game think it’s telling them something about the future of their investments,” Albrecht said. “Could it be improved? Absolutely.”