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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Aug. 1, 2025, the day a poor jobs report ...
In firing the head of the agency that produces monthly jobs figures, President Donald Trump alleged that the recent ...
The BLS jobs survey is widely considered by economists to be robust. It samples more than 100,000 businesses and government ...
Firing Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer will taint any future jobs numbers coming from the agency, ...
President Trump claims the Bureau of Labor Statistics revised a 2024 jobs report downward after the election. The opposite is true.
Canning the labor chief will make jobs statistics less trustworthy, but authoritarians thrive in a world of blurred fact and ...
Firing the BLS director was an overreaction. And last week’s data had both good and bad news for Donald Trump and his ...
Was Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer arrested by "U.S. Navy JAG" on "treason charges" related to the ...
The jobs report for July revealed that some 258,000 fewer jobs were added in May and June than previously reported.
Trump has a go-to playbook if the numbers reveal uncomfortable realities, and that’s to discredit or conceal the figures and ...
Trump has falsely alleged that former BLS commissioner "faked" employment numbers before the 2024 election in order to better ...
After a historic downward revision to jobs numbers, Trump fired the head of the BLS. But critics on both sides say the move ...