The BLS produces data relied on by businesses and policymakers, including the Fed.

Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, has been fired after releasing a jobs report that ...

What happens next can only go wrong for him and the U.S. Here’s what experts and critics are arguing in the aftermath.

Employees express concern Trump's firing of the commissioner, which followed a weak jobs report, will lead to future ...

But Trump’s firing of the BLS chief escalated his administration’s attack on information. Though researchers who rely on ...

President Donald Trump fired BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer following July jobs report disappointment. Economists have ...

President Trump’s economic team is now trying to defend his sudden decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor ...

Erika McEntarfer, commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, was controversially fired by US President Donald Trump ...

President Trump on Friday accused the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Erika McEntarfer of faking jobs numbers, ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics uses surveys to collect economic data including employment counts, wages and inflation.

On Friday, President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Erika McEntarfer, after the July jobs report ...

Victoria Guida is an economics correspondent at POLITICO and author of Capital Letter, a reported column that probes policies ...