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华盛顿，7月15日路透电 —— 唐纳德·特朗普总统提名的美国劳工统计局局长人选布雷特·松本（Brett Matsumoto）于周三向执掌这家负责发布包括劳动力市场和通胀在内关键经济数据的机构又迈进了一步。
美国参议院卫生、教育、劳工与养老金委员会以12票赞成、11票反对的党派划线投票结果，将松本的提名提交给由共和党掌控的全院参议院。该委员会还以同样12-11的党派投票结果，批准了詹姆斯·梅西（James Macy）出任国家劳资关系委员会委员的提名，并以17票赞成、6票反对的投票结果，批准戴维·普劳蒂（David Prouty）连任国家劳资关系委员会委员。目前尚未确定参议院全院最终投票的日期。
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美联储、经济学家、投资者以及普通民众均依赖劳工统计局的数据来评估劳动力市场状况、价格压力程度以及其他关乎规模达32万亿美元的美国经济的关键指标。
在6月的确认听证会上，松本告诉委员会，他不认为劳工统计局的数据存在造假或操纵情况。特朗普此前曾解雇前任劳工统计局局长埃丽卡·麦肯特法尔（Erika McEntarfer），理由是其发布的就业数据是“虚假的”。
松本是一名经济学家，自2015年起就在劳工统计局工作，目前正借调至白宫经济顾问委员会履职。他还表示，自己信任负责收集和处理数据的职业工作人员的工作，并将确保该局发布的数据就是他们产出的成果。
他称，自己将致力于解决近年来拉低劳工统计局数据质量的技术问题，但并未附和特朗普毫无依据的断言——即该局的统计产出出于政治目的被操纵。
特朗普于去年8月解雇了前总统乔·拜登任命的麦肯特法尔，此前该局发布的月度就业报告包含了对此前公布的就业创造数据的历史性大幅修正。
特朗普最初曾提名保守派经济学家E·J·安东尼出任该局局长，但后来撤回了该提名。
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Trump’s pick to head Bureau of Labor Statistics clears key Senate hurdle
July 15, 2026 3:29 PM UTC / Reuters
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WASHINGTON, July 15 (Reuters) – Brett Matsumoto, President Donald Trump’s pick to head the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, moved a step closer on Wednesday to running the agency charged with producing key economic data, including on the labor market and inflation.
The U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted 12-11 along party lines to advance Matsumoto’s nomination to the full Republican-controlled Senate. The committee also approved the nomination of James Macy to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board, also on a party-line 12-11 vote, and the nomination of David Prouty for a second term as a member of the NLRB by a vote of 17-6. No date has been set for the final votes on the Senate floor.
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The Federal Reserve, economists, investors, and the public rely on BLS data to gauge the health of the labor market, the extent of price pressures, and other critical aspects of the $32 trillion U.S. economy.
During a confirmation hearing in June, Matsumoto told the panel that he did not believe BLS data had been fabricated or rigged. Trump had removed the previous BLS commissioner, Erika McEntarfer, for issuing what he called “fake” job numbers.
Matsumoto, an economist who has worked at the BLS since 2015 but is on leave from the economic data agency to work at the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers, also said he has faith in the work performed by the career staff who collect and process the data and would ensure that their output is what is published by the agency.
He said he would work to address technical issues that have undercut the quality of BLS data in recent years but did not echo Trump’s unfounded assertions that agency output was being manipulated for political purposes.
Trump fired McEntarfer, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, last August following the release of a monthly employment report that included historically large revisions to previously reported figures on job creation.
The president initially picked conservative economist E.J. Antoni to head the agency but later withdrew the nomination.
Reporting by Lucia Mutikani, Dan Burns and Ann Saphir; Editing by Paul Simao
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