President Trump’s firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) commissioner is raising concerns about whether her replacement could manipulate job numbers to work in his favor. The traditionally ...

President Donald Trump said that he would fill two key leadership positions with significant oversight of the US economy as ...

In announcing the firing of the government’s chief labor statistician last week, President Trump condemned the works of Erika McEntarfer as “phony.” McEntarfer was just the 16th commissioner of ...

JUST FOUR months ago Donald Trump was basking in the glow of the jobs report produced by the Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS). “GREAT JOB NUMBERS, FAR BETTER THAN EXPECTED”, he posted on Truth Social ...

Economists and Wall Street investors have long considered the job figures reliable, with share prices and bond yields often ...

US stocks close higher as investors price in a Fed rate cut soon and easing trade worries. EU delays retaliatory tariffs and Switzerland aims for deal ...

Trump’s attempt to bury unflattering information serves as a diversion from what could be a looming economic storm. Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, says he believes the “economy is ...

Trump’s knee-jerk response to troublesome data is to deny it. He has eliminated climate change and disease statistics that ...

Job-market data is revised every month, but the latest changes caused a stir. They point to a challenge that has dogged the Bureau of Labor Statistics for years: a requirement to quickly produce ...

FILE PHOTO: A trader works, as screens broadcast a press conference by U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell following the ...

When the coronavirus surged during U.S. President Donald Trump’s first term, he called for a simple fix: Limit the amount of ...

Trump has long touted that he helped secure the 2028 Olympics in the U.S. during his first term and has expressed his ...