It has not been an especially calm spring and summer for the economy: growth expectations have fallen, inflation has edged up, tariff policy has vacillated, and the president has lobbed rhetorical ...

Political pressure on government statisticians and private forecasters risks sending markets down a rabbit-hole, which could ...

The president is eliminating top government statisticians and data collection efforts he doesn’t like, raising alarms about the harm he could do to the U.S. economy.

The July 2025 BLS report reveals significant job cuts across major industries like manufacturing, retail, and construction, ...

E.J. Antoni, the conservative economist President Donald Trump named Monday as his pick to lead the nonpartisan Bureau of ...

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has reignited concerns about political interference in future jobs data after saying the independence of statistical agencies was “nonsense” and the main focus should ...

Donald Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because he didn't like the numbers announced in her monthly ...

Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics has a giant picture of Adolf Hitler’s favorite battleship in his office—and he isn’t afraid to see it. E.J. Antoni has come under fire for ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended releasing monthly jobs reports amid accuracy concerns, emphasizing the need for ...

The BLS has failed to modernize, and its methods are deficient. The jobs number and its revisions do not meet accepted ...

Donald Trump got some positive economic data — even if dissing the July jobs report and firing the BLS head may have cost him ...