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 ...

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 ...

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 monthly jobs report is under a microscope as Trump’s nominee to take over the Bureau of Labor Statistics has debated ...

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

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