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Investing.com -- The White House confirmed on Tuesday that the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will continue to publish its monthly employment report, despite earlier suggestions from President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the agency that the releases should be suspended.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters, "I believe that is the plan, and that’s the hope," when asked if the agency would continue to issue its closely watched "Employment Situation" report.
The statement comes after E.J. Antoni, Trump’s pick for BLS commissioner, said in a Fox News Digital interview on August 4 that the agency should "suspend issuing the monthly job reports but keep publishing the more accurate, though less timely, quarterly data" until problems with the data are fixed.
Antoni, currently chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, expressed concerns about data accuracy, stating: "Major decision-makers from Wall Street to D.C. rely on these numbers, and a lack of confidence in the data has far-reaching consequences."
Trump nominated Antoni after firing previous commissioner Erika McEntarfer following the release of weaker-than-expected July job growth figures and historically large downward revisions to May and June data.
Antoni, who must be confirmed by the Senate, has previously criticized BLS data quality under the Biden administration.
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