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.

Erika McEntarfer was a longtime US government employee who bore the brunt of President Trump’s unhappiness with Friday’s jobs ...

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 ...

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

President Donald Trump on Friday fired the Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer after slamming the latest jobs ...

The report also revised down job growth estimates for May and June, slashing a combined total of 258,000 jobs from earlier ...

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

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