The Bureau of Labor Statistics last week issued a steep downward revision to May and June's hiring numbers, prompting ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics uses surveys to collect economic data including employment counts, wages and inflation.

The BLS is tasked with collecting and analyzing labor and economic data independently, without direct control from the Labor ...

On Friday, President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Erika McEntarfer, after the July jobs report ...

Some fear a decline in the world-leading economic statistics underpinning U.S. markets ...

A so-called “sell America” trade, which led in part to the weakest 7-month stretch for the dollar in five decades, developed ...

Economists across the political spectrum are sounding the alarm over President Trump’s decision to fire the Labor ...

A chief worry is that the president might name a key ally who lacks the credentials to run the BLS, further undermining an agency already under a cloud of doubt after the firing of McEntarfer.

What happens next can only go wrong for him and the U.S. Here’s what experts and critics are arguing in the aftermath.

The president has not commented on his policy priorities—including immigration, government efficiency, trade, and AI ...

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan said there must be better ways to collect employment data after President Trump fired the ...

Trump abruptly fired Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer on Friday after the release of the report, ...