Summary
The White House confirmed it plans to keep releasing the monthly jobs report, which provides important information like the unemployment rate. This follows suggestions by a nominee, E.J. Antoni, who mentioned possibly pausing the reports for data improvements. Antoni, recently nominated by Trump, expressed these views before his nomination to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the agency responsible for these reports.
Key Facts
- The White House plans to continue issuing the monthly jobs report.
- The jobs report includes the national unemployment rate.
- E.J. Antoni suggested pausing the reports to improve data collection.
- Antoni is a conservative economist nominated by Trump to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- The monthly jobs report is important to Wall Street and businesses.
- Trump criticized and subsequently fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner after a jobs report showed weaker hiring data.
