White House Hopes Monthly U.S. Jobs Report to Continue Despite Claim by Labour Statistics Nominee
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Brian Albrecht, ICLE Chief Economist, was recently quoted in CBC Lite article on concerns that President Trump’s nomination of E.J. Antoni to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics could politicize the agency and also noting that although the monthly jobs report could be improved, it remains a key indicator for markets. Read the full article here.
“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,” said Brian Albrecht, chief economist at the International Center for Law and Economics. “Could it be improved? Absolutely.”