Trump's pick to lead Bureau of Labor Statistics has suggested suspending monthly jobs report

EJ Antoni, nominated by President Donald Trump Monday to become the next commissioner for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, suggested that the agency should suspend its monthly jobs report, claiming it is unreliable and frequently overstated.

Antoni, in an interview with Fox Business News that took place before his nomination and was published Tuesday, said the BLS should instead publish quarterly data after it had been revised until BLS can ensure its monthly jobs data is more accurate.

“Until it is corrected, the BLS should suspend issuing the monthly job reports but keep publishing the more accurate, though less timely, quarterly data,” he told Fox Business. “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.”

Dana Bash discusses Antoni's nomination with the "Inside Politics" panel, and CNN's Boris Sanchez and Danny Freeman speak with Douglas Holtz-Eakin, chief economist on the White House Council of Economic Advisers under President George W. Bush.

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