P resident Donald Trump nominated E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, as the next ...

The Heritage Foundation’s chief economist, EJ Antoni, who President Donald Trump recently appointed to lead the Bureau of ...

President Donald Trump nominated conservative economist E.J. Antoni to fill the top spot at the Bureau of Labor Statistics ...

BLS nominee EJ Antoni told Fox Business that he would not release jobs reports until the data issues allegedly plaguing them are "corrected." ...

E.J. Antoni's comments followed President Trump's firing of BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer after the agency reported only 73,000 jobs added in July.

The nomination is already drawing sharp pushback from economists. Jason Furman, a former chief economic adviser in the Obama White House, called Antoni “completely unqualified” and “an extreme ...

Trump also accused McEntarfer of “rigging” jobs data to make him look “bad” after July’s numbers came in soft and fired her shortly after Bannon and Antoni’s conversation.

EJ Antoni suggested that the agency should suspend its monthly jobs report, claiming it is unreliable and frequently ...

A 2006 Lansdale Catholic graduate has been tapped by former President Donald Trump to lead the federal agency responsible for collecting and publishing U.S. jobs and inflation data.

President Donald Trump said Monday that he has nominated E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation ...

Trump fired the previous U.S. commissioner of Labor Statistics after the department reported the U.S. added a disappointing 73,000 jobs in July.

Photo: Alamy President Donald Trump on Monday announced the nomination of E.J. Antoni, chief economist at The Heritage Foundation, to serve as the next commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, ...