Trump Picks BLS Economist Brett Matsumoto to Head Agency (1)

President Donald Trump said he intends to nominate Brett Matsumoto to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, his second pick for the role that’s been vacant since August.

“I am confident that Brett has the expertise to QUICKLY fix the long history of issues at the BLS on behalf of the American People,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social late Friday. The role carries a four-year term and is subject to Senate confirmation.

Matsumoto, who has a Ph.D. in economics, arrived at BLS in 2015 and works within the Division of Price and Index Number Research. He’d recently ...