President Trump plans to nominate conservative economist E.J. Antoni to lead one of the government's top statistical agencies, ten days after firing the previous chief over a disappointing jobs report.

Antoni is an economist at the right-leaning Heritage Foundation. He previously worked for the conservative Texas Public Policy Foundation.

"Our economy is booming, and E.J. will ensure that the Numbers released are HONEST and ACCURATE," Trump wrote on a social media post.

If confirmed by the Senate, Antoni would take control of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which is responsible for producing the monthly jobs report as well as tracking inflation.

Trump fired the previous commissioner of labor statistics, Erika McEntarfer, less than two weeks ago, after the bureau reported weaker than ex

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