Worrying signs for the economy amid Trump's 'utterly inane and insane' dismantling of BLS

MSNBC Published October 5, 2025

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A new ADP report indicating significant drops in private employment is "definitely a negative signal" for the economy, economist Justin Wolfers tells Ali Velshi. But amid the government shutdown, we don't have an up-to-date jobs report or even someone leading the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after Trump withdrew his controversial nominee, E.J. Antoni. "The only thing he'd ever done with statistics was misrepresent them," Wolfers said.  Our next MSNBC Live event is on October 11th in New York City! Buy Tickets now: msnbc.com/live25 For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day click here: https://www.msnbc.com/ » Subscribe to MSNBC: https://www.youtube.com/msnbc » Subscribe to MSNBC on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@msnbc » Subscribe to MSNBC on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/msnbc Download our new MSNBC app for the latest breaking news and daily headlines at a glance: https://www.msnbc.com/information/download-msnbc-app-n1241692 Follow MSNBC Show Blogs MaddowBlog: https://www.msnbc.com/maddowblog MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of political headlines, commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, The Briefing with Jen Psaki, Morning Joe, The Beat, Deadline: White House, The Weeknight, All In, The Last Word, The 11th Hour, and more. Connect with MSNBC Online Visit msnbc.com: https://www.msnbc.com/ Subscribe to the MSNBC Daily Newsletter: https://link.msnbc.com/join/5...