The problem with America’s shutdown economy
Imagine, for a moment, America without the Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS). To some wonks, few scenarios are more terrifying. After President Donald Trump threw a tantrum over weak job figures and sacked the head of the largely apolitical body in August, putting forward E.J. Antoni, a partisan figure, to replace her, such a scenario also looked worryingly plausible.
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