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The head of the agency responsible for producing U.S. jobs and inflation data is usually a low-profile technocrat with deep ...

Political pressure on government statisticians and private forecasters risks sending markets down a rabbit-hole, which could ...

The appointment of E. J. Antoni, to what is supposedly a non-partisan position in the administration, is another significant ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended releasing monthly jobs reports amid accuracy concerns, emphasizing the need for ...

President Trump's nomination of Heritage Foundation economist E.J. Antoni to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics drew ...

The BLS has failed to modernize, and its methods are deficient. The jobs number and its revisions do not meet accepted ...

Donald Trump got some positive economic data — even if dissing the July jobs report and firing the BLS head may have cost him ...

Political interference in economic data threatens the business foundation that companies depend on for planning, forecasting, ...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was pressed on Tuesday after President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics suggested the agency suspend its monthly jobs report.

The Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper urges the president's pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics to "take off his MAGA hat." ...

Bureau of Labor Statistics staff won’t sit by quietly if the new chief tries to manipulate data Trump’s pick to take over at ...