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President Trump's firing of the BLS director undermines trust in U.S. economic data, increasing uncertainty for investors ...

I n the annals of the American presidency, Donald Trump has almost certainly complained more about journalists than any of ...

USAFacts, the nonpartisan nonprofit founded by Steve Ballmer, warns against politicizing government data after Trump fires ...

How exactly does the BLS assemble the critical jobs report? And what is the commissioner’s role? Here’s what we know.

Treasury Secretary Bessent defended President Trump's decision to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) head Erika McEntarfer after unprecedented downward revisions to May and June jobs figures ...

Congressman Don Bacon expresses concern that President Donald Trump’s tariffs are beginning to weigh on the economies of both ...

President Donald Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics over a recent report, which also slashed June's new ...

A much smaller group of a dozen or fewer people then prepare the employment report. They lock the numbers into the BLS system and on the Wednesday before the report is published, the commissioner is ...

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

Thousands of invisible, far-reaching decisions flow from the stream of reports the BLS compiles. When faith in the government ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics also produces the Consumer Price Index, used to calculated everything from 401(k) contribution ...