Senior White House officials say there’s no plan to suspend the crucial monthly jobs report, shooting down an idea espoused by President Donald Trump’s new nominee to run the agency that produces the data.

E.J. Antoni, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is no longer considering suspending the monthly jobs report — one of the most crucial and historic measurements of US economic activity — after proposing the unprecedented action during an interview that published Tuesday.

It raised new alarm about the future of an agency that tracks how the economy of the world's richest country is faring.