6 days ago
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
The Partisan Economist Trump Wants to Oversee the Nation's Data
Conservative economist Erwin John 'E.J.' Antoni sometimes jokes on social media that the 'L' in the Bureau of Labor Statistics' acronym is silent.
President Trump this week tapped Antoni to run the agency whose data and methodologies he has long criticized, especially when it produces numbers that Trump doesn't like. He recently proposed suspending the monthly jobs report, one of the most important data releases for the economy and markets. On Tuesday a White House official noted that Antoni made the comment before he knew he was going to be chosen, and that his comments don't reflect official BLS policy.
