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.

The director of the agency that produces the nation’s jobs and inflation data is typically a mild-mannered technocrat, often with extensive experience in statistical agencies, with little public profile.

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.