The head of the agency responsible for producing U.S. jobs and inflation data is usually a low-profile technocrat with deep ...

It has not been an especially calm spring and summer for the economy: growth expectations have fallen, inflation has edged up, tariff policy has vacillated, and the president has lobbed rhetorical ...

Political pressure on government statisticians and private forecasters risks sending markets down a rabbit-hole, which could ...

The president is eliminating top government statisticians and data collection efforts he doesn’t like, raising alarms about the harm he could do to the U.S. economy.

E.J. Antoni, the conservative economist President Donald Trump named Monday as his pick to lead the nonpartisan Bureau of ...

If your job search feels like it’s dragging, a new report shows you’re not alone. A disappointing July jobs report showing slower-than-expected growth led to the firing of Erika McEntarfer, ...

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has reignited concerns about political interference in future jobs data after saying the independence of statistical agencies was “nonsense” and the main focus should ...

Donald Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because he didn't like the numbers announced in her monthly ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended releasing monthly jobs reports amid accuracy concerns, emphasizing the need for ...

The BLS has failed to modernize, and its methods are deficient. The jobs number and its revisions do not meet accepted ...

Donald Trump got some positive economic data — even if dissing the July jobs report and firing the BLS head may have cost him ...