Coin World News reports that Kevin Hassett, Director of the National Economic Council at the White House, expressed a very optimistic view on the economic outlook, stating that if the data is not tampered with, the revised data will allow for a better understanding of the situation. U.S. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin is compiling a short list for the successor to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and there can be no 'partisan bias patterns' in the significant data revisions.