https://crossgov.com/tags/statistics/ Recent content in Statistics on CrossGov.com Hugo en-us Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://crossgov.com/statistics-agencies-under-strain-bls-after-the-firing-ons-after-the-review-and-argentinas-shelved-inflation-index/ Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://crossgov.com/statistics-agencies-under-strain-bls-after-the-firing-ons-after-the-review-and-argentinas-shelved-inflation-index/ <p>On 1 August 2025, hours after the July jobs report came out, President Trump fired the Commissioner of Labor Statistics, Erika McEntarfer. The report showed 73,000 new jobs, and revisions cut the previous two months by a combined 258,000. The President said the numbers were rigged. He gave no evidence.</p> <p>It took a year to replace her. The first nominee, E.J. Antoni of the Heritage Foundation, was named in August 2025 and withdrawn at the end of September. The Bureau of Labor Statistics ran under an acting commissioner, William Wiatrowski. In January 2026 the President nominated Brett Matsumoto, a BLS price-index economist since 2015 who had also worked at the Council of Economic Advisers. The Senate confirmed him by 51 votes to 47 in August 2026.</p>