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Like President Donald Trump, Americans are skeptical of economic data from the federal government, according to a new poll.
House Democrats asked for a congressional hearing on President Donald Trump's decision to fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika McEntarfer.
Hiring slowed sharply over the summer, federal government data showed. The jobs report came days after fresh gross domestic ...
Employees express concern Trump's firing of the commissioner, which followed a weak jobs report, will lead to future ...
Trump's firing of the BLS commissioner has raised fears that government employment data, used to make major economic policy decisions, will become politicized.
But Trump’s firing of the BLS chief escalated his administration’s attack on information. Though researchers who rely on ...
The monthly jobs report is already closely-watched on Wall Street and in Washington but has taken on a new importance after ...
The president got into a spirited debate with “Squawk Box” host Joe Kernen about the 2020 election and his firing of the commissioner of Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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 jobs report revisions that prompted Trump to fire the BLS commissioner were historically large. Here's why (Hint: it wasn't rigged data).
Firing Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer will taint any future jobs numbers coming from the agency, ...