Donald Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because he didn’t like the numbers announced in her monthly jobs report. The bureau reports not only on jobs, but also on inflation and ...

On Friday, President Trump announced that he was firing Erika McEntarfer, the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Earlier that day the BLS had issued its monthly national jobs report, which showed ...

Fed officials also disagree on how tariffs will affect inflation going forward. Many increasingly believe the duties will ...

Key Takeaways Trump's nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics proposed temporarily halting publication of the monthly jobs report, although a White House spokesperson cast doubt on the ...

U.S. hiring is slowing sharply as President Donald Trump’s erratic and radical trade policies paralyze businesses and raise ...

Trump has repeatedly lambasted Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell (who’s a banker, not an economist) for refusing to cut ...

Donald Trump’s choice to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics doesn’t have to manipulate any numbers to undermine the ...

Costs were sharply on the rise for producers and manufacturers in July, a sign that higher prices could soon filter down to American consumers.

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