President Donald Trump has fired Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, whom he accused of ...

President Trump on Friday directed his team to fire the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics following a dismal ...

Trump's history of criticizing the Bureau of Labor Statistics' jobs report has surfaced in the wake of his decision to fire ...

Economists said ousting the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics could undermine confidence in government economic data.

Without evidence, Trump called the data "rigged" and implied that BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer manipulated the numbers ...

Job market data get revised every month. But rarely are the revisions as negative as the ones in Friday’s employment report.

Job growth totaled 73,000 for the month, above the June total of 14,000 but below even the meager Dow Jones estimate for a ...

In the wake of a brutal report showing U.S. job growth slowing, Trump did what any good leader would do: He fired the person ...

President Trump ordered the firing of Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Erika McEntarfer, asserting without ...

— Net hiring has plummeted over the last three months with job gains of just 73,000 in July, 14,000 in June and 19,000 in May ...

Fewer jobs, growing GDP and continued uncertainty about tariffs. Here's how a busy week of economic news might lead to lower ...

The U.S. economy had generally been considered in good shape. By Friday afternoon, some experts were predicting a recession.