Donald Trump’s dismissal two weeks ago Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer and nomination of EJ Antoni as her replacement is generating plenty of “inside baseball” chatter among the political class.
But did the president — as uncouth and ham-handed as his methods are — stumble upon a truth that was hiding in plain sight: that the government economic data relied upon by markets and business leaders for the allocation of hundreds of billions in capital just isn’t very accurate?
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