When the coronavirus surged during President Donald Trump’s first term, he called for a simple fix: Limit the amount of ...

Economists and Wall Street investors have long considered the job figures reliable, with share prices and bond yields often ...

Bacon spoke to CNN Monday night. He said it was a mistake to fire the director before getting the facts first. Bacon called ...

Panelists Art Laffer and Steve Moore discuss the growing concerns over the credibility of the Bureau of Labor Statistics data ...

CONGRESSIONAL RECESS: Members of Congress have headed home for their summer recess. Several lawmakers are holding town halls ...

President Donald Trump was fuming about the July jobs report signaling a significant slowdown in the economy when he recalled one of his simmering resentments: the statistician overseeing the ...

President Trump told reporters Sunday he plans to announce a new commissioner for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in the next three or four days after he fired the previous BLS leader in the wake ...

President Donald Trump thrust the nation's system for economic data collection into the spotlight in recent days after he ...

President Donald Trump fired Erika McEntarfer, the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), citing her mishandling of the nation's jobs data.

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Economists say firing a top official for revisions to a jobs report sends a bad message and could destroy trust in data ...