The removal of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics is unlikely to change government data practices in the near ...

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 ...

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 ...

President Trump fired the top Bureau of Labor Statistics official after new data showed U.S. hiring slowed sharply this ...

Yet with no basis in fact, Trump charged that Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of labor statistics, “rigged” the data “to make the Republicans, and ME, look bad.” Then he ordered her fired and ...

Trump fires Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika McEntarfer after disappointing July jobs report, claiming the ...

To build trust in government data, President Donald Trump should not fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner. He ...

Bacon spoke to CNN Monday night. He said it was a mistake to fire the director before getting the facts first. Bacon called ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics signaled to staff members Monday morning that work would continue as usual at the statistical agency, where President Donald Trump fired the top official Friday over a ...

President Donald Trump fired Erika McEntarfer, the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), citing her mishandling of ...

Most economists say that the Bureau of Labor Statistics is a nonpolitical agency staffed by people obsessed with getting the ...