The president-elect may be about to appoint economist and architect of the Trump tax plan Larry Kudlow chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, based on public statements from the tax plan’s co-architect, economist Stephen Moore, according to the Detroit News.

But Moore later backtracked, saying he had “jumped the gun” in his comments—and telling Politico his prediction the announcement would come within days was “wishful thinking.” Kudlow, Moore said, is a finalist CEA chair.