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 ...

Since his return to office, President Trump has waged something of a pressure campaign on economic data and the people in charge of delivering it. His firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

Managing freight costs is not only a challenge for many businesses, but it is important because freight can add as much as 10% to 25% to the price of an item. In these days of higher tariffs, every ...

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

President Donald Trump said that he would fill two key leadership positions with significant oversight of the US economy as soon as this week.