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 ...

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 ...

Though the unemployment rate for the tech industry was largely unchanged in July, demand is soaring for AI and data-focused ...

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

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’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 ...

Republicans on Capitol Hill are feeling jittery about the economy after the latest jobs report showed the economy added far fewer jobs than previously estimated over the past three months.

On Wednesday, the government said second-quarter GDP growth was 3% annualized. On Friday, the government said job growth had cratered, pointing to recession. How to interpret these numbers.

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

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

The statistical agency's problems predate Trump, but experts say it can't be easily fixed without more resources ...