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Washington Post
a day ago
- Business
- Washington Post
6 controversial ideas from Trump's pick for top labor statistics job
President Donald Trump has nominated E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the federal agency that produces key data used to gauge the state of the labor market and broader economy. While Trump has said that Antoni will ensure federal data is 'HONEST and ACCURATE,' Antoni's views and rhetoric have sparked criticism from liberal and conservative economists alike.
Wall Street Journal
2 days ago
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
Why Cheap Airline Seats Are Getting Harder to Find
The window to buy a cheap plane ticket is closing. Airfares rose 4% on average in July from the prior month, according to seasonally adjusted federal data, the first such increase since January. Fares in July were also higher than the same month a year earlier.
