US EditionTrump says he’s nominating E.J. Antoni as Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner
Trump nominates conservative economist E.J. Antoni to lead BLS after firing previous commissioner over job data revisions, amid concerns about agency's data accuracy and political influence.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump announced his nomination of E.J. Antoni as BLS commissioner, saying he `will ensure that the Numbers released are HONEST and ACCURATE` in his Truth Social post.
- On Aug. 1, President Donald Trump claimed she overstated jobs growth and wrongly revised his numbers after the July jobs report; he announced Antoni's nomination to the BLS.
- Amid calls to reshape the agency, Antoni serves as its chief economist and will need Senate confirmation, Trump said on Truth Social.
- Subject to Senate confirmation, Antoni’s appointment could raise questions over data quality and spur demand for private-label data, critics warn.
- Critics warn the shift may undermine the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ role in informing Federal Reserve policy and investment decisions, raising questions about data independence amid its global importance.
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Frequent right-wing media guest and Project 2025 contributor E.J. Antoni — President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics after he fired its previous commissioner following a bad jobs report — has on multiple occasions called Social Security a “Ponzi scheme.” Antoni, widely regarded as a “partisan,” has repeatedly suggested changing the way BLS collects and reports on data, and even called for suspending some of the bureau…
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A factory worker operates a machine on a production line. Data from manufacturing is among the economic measures tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Adobe Stock Image Minnesota economists and researchers say the Bureau of Labor Statistics remains a gold standard for economic data, but some worry President Donald Trump’s recent firing of the agency’s commissioner could erode trust in future data, even if it remains an accurate source of in…
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