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.

Antoni has become a fixture on conservative talk radio and podcasts — including Steve Bannon’s “War Room” — and frequently pens pro-Trump commentary.

Donald Trump’s sacking of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ boss after a grim jobs report this month sparked investor fears that he was politicising the world’s most closely watched economic data.