Donald Trump has always had a mixed relationship with numbers. They are at once hard, objective truths that provide explicit measures of success: “huge ratings,” “polling like you wouldn’t believe.” ...

The pandemic has exposed the shortcomings in how we measure everything, from inflation to GDP to jobs, says Helen Thomas ...

Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich on Tuesday tore apart President Donald Trump for firing the head of the Bureau of Labor ...

House Democrats asked for a congressional hearing on President Donald Trump's decision to fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika McEntarfer.

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook said the significant downward revisions to the monthly jobs numbers could point to an ...

Thousands of invisible, far-reaching decisions flow from the stream of reports the BLS compiles. When faith in the government ...

President Donald Trump’s firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer — a widely respected economist ...

Employees express concern Trump's firing of the commissioner, which followed a weak jobs report, will lead to future ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics also produces the Consumer Price Index, used to calculated everything from 401(k) contribution ...

Hiring slowed sharply over the summer, federal government data showed. The jobs report came days after fresh gross domestic ...

Trump had previously touted the May and June jobs reports as proof he was 'revitalizing the American economy.' The revised data bursts those boasts.