The president fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics chief after a downbeat jobs report. The move has jeopardized the credibility of economic data.

"Sono lieto di annunciare la mia nomina a Commissario del Bureau of Labor Statistics, l'eminente economista Dr. E.J. Anton". (ANSA)

"Sono lieto di annunciare la mia nomina a Commissario del Bureau of Labor Statistics, l'eminente economista Dr. E.J. Anton". (ANSA)

The president said that EJ Antoni would ensure the jobs numbers were "HONEST and ACCURATE".

President Trump, who claimed former BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of manipulating jobs data, said Antoni would release "honest and accurate" numbers.

The president fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics chief after a downbeat jobs report. The move has jeopardized the credibility of economic data.

El designado es el economista jefe de la Heritage Foundation, el disco duro del trumpismo

President Donald Trump on Monday nominated economist E.J. Antoni as commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, an agency he has criticized.

E.J. Antoni, economist at the Heritage Foundation, has been critical of how the Bureau of Labor Statistics collects data.

US president’s nomination comes after firing of agency head raised concerns about integrity of US government statistics.

Weil ihm die offiziellen Arbeitsmarktzahlen nicht passten, feuerte der amerikanische Präsident eine Behördenleiterin. Parteiübergreifende Kritik folgte – nun ist die Nachfolge…

E.J. Antoni said the Bureau of Labor Statistics should suspend a monthly estimate that recently upset President Donald Trump.

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

Economists on the left and right criticized E.J. Antoni for misunderstanding the data he would now oversee.

Heritage Foundation economist E. J. Antoni questioned the report's accuracy after President Trump fired the prior Bureau of Labor Statistics chief.

E.J. Antoni, Trump's pick as commissioner of Labor Statistics, recently endorsed halting monthly jobs reports until the methodology is changed.

E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, could change the currently dry-as-dust way that the agency presents America's jobs and inflation data.

Economists worry that EJ Antoni’s nomination is largely political in nature for a historically non-partisan role.