Trump’s BLS Pick Suggested Suspending Monthly Jobs Report (2)

Aug. 12, 2025, 6:47 PM UTC

EJ Antoni, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, has suggested suspending the agency’s monthly jobs reports and publishing only quarterly numbers until issues with data collection are corrected.

In an interview with Fox News Digital on Aug. 4, before Trump nominated him for the position, Antoni said businesses can’t plan and the Federal Reserve can’t conduct monetary policy when the monthly report is unreliable and frequently overstated and thus misleading.

WATCH: EJ Antoni, an economist at the Heritage Foundation and President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, earlier told Fox Business that the agency could suspend its monthly jobs report. Mike McKee reports. Source: Bloomberg

“Until it is corrected, the BLS should suspend issuing the monthly job reports but keep publishing the more accurate, ...

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