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White House: Plan For Bureau Of Labor Statistics To Continue Monthly Reports
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*EJ ANTONI SUGGESTS SUSPENDING MONTHLY JOBS REPORT: FOX BUSINESS
Trumps pick to lead labor stats agency could pause monthly jobs report over accuracy concerns E.J. Antoni, the economist tapped by President Donald Trump to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, suggested suspending the agencys closely watched monthly jobs report, arguing that its underlying methodology, economic modeling and statistical assumptions are fundamentally flawed. In an interview with FOX Business ahead of Mondays nomination announcement, Antoni criticized the data behind the monthly jobs report as unreliable and frequently overstated, warning that it misleads key economic decision-makers from Washington to Wall Street. "How on earth are businesses supposed to plan or how is the Fed supposed to conduct monetary policy when they dont know how many jobs are being added or lost in our economy? Its a serious problem that needs to be fixed immediately," Antoni told FOX Business.
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