News

The jobs report is a big deal. Trump’s response is an even bigger one.
The numbers showed that the US economy added a modest 73,000 jobs in July, several thousand under what economists had ...
Trump’s Firing of BLS Head Hurts Confidence in Labor Department
President Donald Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics carries reputational risks for the ...
GOP mocks House Democrats’ request for a hearing on why Trump fired the BLS commissioner
House Democrats asked for a congressional hearing on President Donald Trump's decision to fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika McEntarfer.
U.S. Enters Uncharted Waters With Next Jobs Report
Thousands of invisible, far-reaching decisions flow from the stream of reports the BLS compiles. When faith in the government ...
Opinion | Trump fired the labor statistics chief and the markets shrugged. That’s concerning.
President Donald Trump’s firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer — a widely respected economist ...
Trump ‘has convinced himself’ jobs data manipulated for election: Haberman
New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman said Tuesday that President Trump “has convinced himself” that jobs data was ...
Trump contorts timeline of jobs report revisions in effort to justify firing BLS chief
Trump's firing of the BLS commissioner has raised fears that government employment data, used to make major economic policy decisions, will become politicized.
Trump’s shoot-the-messenger tactic will only hurt the economy more
We’ve all been there, in the middle of an objectively bad outcome, and had the same knee-jerk reaction: Blame someone else!
How is Trump's economy doing?
President Donald Trump says the U.S. economy is going great under his stewardship. The latest jobs numbers suggest a slowdown ...
Trump set to fill Fed board vacancy by week's end, has narrowed chair search to four
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will decide on a nominee to fill a coming vacancy on the Federal Reserve's ...