Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, hours after the agency reported a disappointing 73,000 job gains for July, and more significantly, revised down payroll growth for ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics, the CBO, and the Fed are far from perfect. But the U.S. needs a statistical system that is ...

Weekly applications for jobless benefits are seen as a proxy for U.S. layoffs and have mostly settled in a historically ...

PROVIDENCE — US Senator Jack Reed is calling for a special investigation into President Trump’s abrupt firing of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics following a weaker-than-expected ...

President Donald Trump's tantrum over the weak jobs numbers and termination of the Bureau of Labor Statistics director is in ...

This isn’t the first time the BLS commissioner aroused presidential ire. But at least Nixon faced constraints.

President Trump's firing of the BLS director undermines trust in U.S. economic data, increasing uncertainty for investors.

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THE CREDIBILITY of the agency in charge of measuring the health of the US labor market is at risk following President Donald Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics — with ...

Last week, the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics was abruptly fired, just hours after releasing a disappointing jobs ...

USAFacts, the nonpartisan nonprofit founded by Steve Ballmer, warns against politicizing government data after Trump fires ...

Last week’s slew of economic data confirmed that Trump’s agenda is strangling growth, raising costs and killing jobs.