Overview

• Antoni told Fox News Digital he wants to suspend the BLS’s monthly jobs report until methodological issues are resolved, recommending a switch to quarterly data releases.
• Leading economists and former BLS officials say that withholding monthly employment figures would blind markets to real-time trends and hamper Federal Reserve policymaking.
• Federal law mandates monthly jobs data, so suspending releases would require an executive order and likely trigger legal challenges and Wall Street pushback.
• Key Republican senators, including Cynthia Lummis, Thom Tillis, Rand Paul and Lisa Murkowski, have voiced reservations that could stall Antoni’s Senate confirmation.
• Critics warn that Antoni’s track record at conservative think tanks and his public critiques of BLS methodology threaten the agency’s long-standing nonpartisan credibility.