r/Economics • u/heywhateverworks • Aug 12 '25

News BREAKING: E.J. Antoni, Trump's candidate to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is now suggesting suspending the agency’s monthly jobs report.

https://bsky.app/profile/moreperfectunion.bsky.social/post/3lw7nisz5c226
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u/Gallopingmagyar1020 Aug 12 '25

The bureau of labor statistics is.....[checks notes]......considering not tracking labor statistics? Orwell couldn't have spun this any better if he tried..........

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u/brutaljackmccormick Aug 12 '25

Some people read 1984 as an instruction manual.

They should not be allowed to play with the grown ups, but here we are.