Trump's BLS nominee Brett Matsumoto backs scanner and web scraped data to update CPI and jobs reports

Brett Matsumoto, President Trump's nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, has proposed supplementing or replacing some CPI and labor survey methods with scanner data from retail sales and web scraped online prices. His approach follows years of strain at the agency, including funding down over 22% from 2010 to 2025 and staff reduced by nearly 25%.