PoliticsVeteran economist and insider Matsumoto wins Senate approval as BLS commissioner
The U.S. Senate approved career economist Brett Matsumoto as commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday. His confirmation could help ease concerns about trust in the agency. President Donald Trump fired the previous commissioner a year earlier after weak employment figures. Matsumoto’s approval places a veteran economist in charge of the federal statistics bureau.
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Reuters★★★☆☆2026-08-07 19:05Original
Veteran economist and insider Matsumoto wins Senate approval as BLS commissioner
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