EJ Antoni, Bureau of Labor Statistics nominee, has suggested that the BLS suspend its monthly job reports, citing flawed data. Joanne Hsu & Brady West argue that while data collection is more difficult, the answer is more resources, not less data. Read more at the Financial Times Unhedged newsletter.
Data quality and survey response rates
![“The data collection environment is getting more difficult, and any answer will require more resources.” -Joanne Hsu, Surveys of Consumers, Survey Research Center “The whole point of the [BLS] revisions is to improve the survey estimates.” -Brady West, Program in Survey and Data Science, Survey Research Center Financial Times | August 14, 2025](https://api.isr.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Hsu-West-FT-1568x882.png)