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Donald Trump has announced he is nominating EJ Antoni, the chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, as the next commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur Economy is booming, and E.J. will ensure that the Numbers released are HONEST and ACCURATE,\u201d Trump said in a post on Truth Social.<\/p>\n
The nomination comes after Trump fired the BLS commissioner, Erika McEntarfer, earlier this month following the release of a weak jobs report which he claimed, without evidence, had been \u201crigged\u201d.<\/p>\n
Antoni, a longtime critic of the agency, had previously voiced concerns about revisions to the BLS jobs data.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are better ways to collect, process, and disseminate data \u2013 that is the task for the next BLS commissioner, and only consistent delivery of accurate data in a timely manner will rebuild the trust that has been lost over the last several years,\u201d Antoni posted on X earlier this month.<\/p>\n
The Senate will have to confirm his nomination to lead the BLS, an independent agency under the labor department. The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday that former White House adviser and rightwing provocateur Steve Bannon had advocated for Antoni\u2019s nomination.<\/p>\n
In a statement on X, labor secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer said Antoni would \u201cprovide the American people with fair and accurate economic data they can rely on\u201d.<\/p>\n
The president\u2019s shock firing of McEntarfer alarmed economists and statisticians \u2013 as well as some senior Republican lawmakers \u2013who feared the move would undermine the credibility of the agency\u2019s economic data \u2013 long seen as a gold standard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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