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House Democrats asked for a congressional hearing on President Donald Trump's decision to fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika McEntarfer.
President Trump’s firing of Commissioner of Labor Statistics Erika McEntarfer last Friday brought into laser focus how willing he ...
Employees express concern Trump's firing of the commissioner, which followed a weak jobs report, will lead to future ...
New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman said Tuesday that President Trump “has convinced himself” that jobs data was ...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics also produces the Consumer Price Index, used to calculated everything from 401(k) contribution ...
Trump fired the labor statistics chief and the markets shrugged. That’s concerning.
Hiring slowed sharply over the summer, federal government data showed. The jobs report came days after fresh gross domestic ...
Trump had previously touted the May and June jobs reports as proof he was 'revitalizing the American economy.' The revised data bursts those boasts.
In case you had any doubt that it’s Donald “Economy Butcher” Trump who’s really trying to rig the economic numbers.
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Aug. 1, 2025, the day a poor jobs report ...
The BLS jobs survey is widely considered by economists to be robust. It samples more than 100,000 businesses and government ...
The former labor secretary calls Bureau of Labor Statistics “crown jewel” of government efforts to explain the economy.