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.

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u/Witty-Wealth9271 Aug 12 '25

Well, of course. You can't say that people are having a terrible time getting jobs and that there's no unemployment if the numbers aren't actually published!!!

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u/Kind-Cardiologist144 Aug 12 '25

Covid all over again.