From CNBC:

“I am pleased to announce that I am nominating Highly Respected Economist, Dr. E.J. Antoni, as the next Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Monday evening.

Just to clarify, Dr. Antoni declared (with St. Onge) a recession started in 2022 [1]. And another recession in starting in July or August 2024 –[2], [3]– without ever having declared the recession of 2022 ended. Taken literally, he believes we have been — and remain even today — in recession.

EJ Antoni: Source: Heritage Foundation, accessed 8/7/2025. 

For the record:

EJ Antoni/Heritage: “Back from the Brink: Trump’s Economy Soars Instead of Crashing”

The Great Replacement “Theory” * Comes to Economics at Heritage

 

 

EJ Antoni Redefines Recession as What the American People Feel

When Will EJ Antoni End His Recession Call?

 

EJ Antoni — Who Believes We’ve Been in Recession since 2022 — Worries that Democrats Will Misunderstand GDPNow to Claim We’re Entering a Recession in 2025Q1

EJ Antoni Worries about the Gap between CES NFP and CPS Employment

EJ Antoni/Heritage Foundation: “some suspect government statisticians are committing lies of omission.”

EJ Antoni: “manufacturing is in recession”

Who Gave this Guy an Economics Ph.D. (cont’d)?

How Did this Guy Get a Ph.D. in Economics?

A Manufacturing Recession?

Disingenuousnous Watch

 

Son of ShadowStats: “Government economic figures hide the truth about the economy”

 

Dollar Demise Predicted

 

Recession since 2022? A Magic Asterisk-Mystery Meat-Special Sauce Approach to National Income Accounting

“Fake” Economic Activity

 

Did Government Employment Account for Most of September’s Employment Gains?

Lessons in Why We Don’t Judge Recessions on the Basis of GDP

Scary Movie: Pseudo-Economics Edition

 

The Great Replacement “Theory” * Comes to Economics at Heritage

 

Nonsensical Graphs that People Post

“we never left the recession of March 2020 and … everything has been getting gradually worse”