US EditionTrump’s pick for BLS commissioner suggests suspending the monthly jobs report
EJ Antoni proposed halting monthly jobs reports to focus on quarterly data amid historically large revisions, aiming to improve accuracy of U.S. labor market statistics.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump nominated E.J. Antoni to serve as commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, where Antoni advocated for halting the agency’s monthly employment reports until their accuracy can be improved.
- Antoni proposed this change in response to concerns about the reliability of the monthly employment data, particularly after substantial corrections were made to the job figures for May and June.
- He recommended keeping quarterly data publication, which is more accurate but less timely, until reforms ensure monthly data reliability resumes.
- Antoni emphasized that additional changes must be made before monthly employment figures can be consistently trustworthy, while Trump asserted that Antoni would guarantee the data’s honesty and accuracy.
- This move responds to concerns over data accuracy affecting economic decision-makers, potentially delaying timely labor market insights until fixed.
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Trump BLS nominee floats ending key jobs report
What happenedE.J. Antoni, the conservative economist President Donald Trump named Monday as his pick to lead the nonpartisan Bureau of Labor Statistics, suggested scrapping the BLS's closely watched monthly jobs report in an Aug. 4 interview with Fox News Digital published Tuesday.Who said whatUntil its "fundamentally flawed" data collection methodologies are "corrected, the BLS should suspend issuing the monthly job reports but keep publishing …
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After President Trump nominated E.J. Antoni, an economist at the Heritage Foundation, to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the White House told RealClearPolitics Tuesday that it is the “plan” and “hope” of the administration to continue to release monthly…
WH 'Plans' To Continue Releasing Monthly Jobs Reports
After President Trump nominated E.J. Antoni, an economist at the Heritage Foundation, to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the White House told RealClearPolitics Tuesday that it is the "plan" and "hope" of the administration to continue to release monthly job reports.
BLS nominee EJ Antoni floats suspending monthly jobs report
(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump's nominee to oversee the Bureau of Labor Statistics has drawn criticism after suggesting the agency suspend its monthly jobs report. In an unprecedented move, E.J. Antoni, whose nomination has already raised concerns the administration may manipulate critical economic data to fit Trump's agenda, has proposed replacing monthly updates with quarterly reports until what he calls "issues" in data collection are …
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