President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics last week and described a jobs report that included a big ...

New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman said Tuesday that President Trump “has convinced himself” that jobs data was ...

Trump’s attempt to bury unflattering information serves as a diversion from what could be a looming economic storm. Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, says that he believes the “economy ...

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook said the significant downward revisions to the monthly jobs numbers could point to an ...

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 data influences how much people pay in taxes, receive in retirement benefits and even how much they earn on some ...

Trump fired the labor statistics chief and the markets shrugged. That’s concerning.

Employees express concern Trump's firing of the commissioner, which followed a weak jobs report, will lead to future ...

The former labor secretary calls Bureau of Labor Statistics “crown jewel” of government efforts to explain the economy.

Trump's firing of the BLS commissioner has raised fears that government employment data, used to make major economic policy decisions, will become politicized.

What is the jobs report? The purpose of the report is to provide a snapshot of how the country is doing. Specifically, who's ...