Heather Cox Richardson 9/21/25
TRUMP REGIME WON'T RELEASE STATISTICS CONCERNING JOBS AND
FOOD INSECURITY
On Friday the Bureau of Labor Statistics postponed the release of the
annual report on consumer expenditures—a key report for
understanding inflation—without explanation. The BLS has been
under stress since President Donald J. Trump fired its head,
Commissioner Erika McEntarfer, after the July jobs report showed far
weaker hiring statistics than expected as well as a downgrade for
previous months. Officials at the BLS said the new report will be
“rescheduled to a later date.”
This weekend, Dan Frosch, Patrick Thomas, and Andrea Peterson of
the Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. Department of
Agriculture is ending its annual report on household food security.
Those reports began in the 1990s to help state and local officials
distribute food assistance. Last year’s report found that 18 million
U.S. households experienced food insecurity during 2023. Ina
statement, the Department of Agriculture said: “These redundant,
costly, politicized and extraneous studies do nothing more than
fearmonger.”
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Heather Cox Richardson 9/21/25
TRUMP REGIME WON’T RELEASE STATISTICS CONCERNING JOBS AND FOOD INSECURITY