(CNN) — 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 — one of the most crucial and historic measurements of US economic activity — claiming it is unreliable and frequently overstated.

Antoni, in an interview with Fox News Digital that was published Tuesday but took place August 4, a week before his nomination, said the BLS should publish only quarterly data 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. “Major decision-makers from Wall Street to D.C. rely on these nu

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