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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 ...

It has not been an especially calm spring and summer for the economy: growth expectations have fallen, inflation has edged up, tariff policy has vacillated, and the president has lobbed rhetorical ...

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

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

The July 2025 BLS report reveals significant job cuts across major industries like manufacturing, retail, and construction, ...

The president is eliminating top government statisticians and data collection efforts he doesn’t like, raising alarms about ...

E.J. Antoni, the conservative economist President Donald Trump named Monday as his pick to lead the nonpartisan Bureau of ...

If your job search feels like it’s dragging, a new report shows you’re not alone. A disappointing July jobs report showing slower-than-expected growth led to the firing of Erika McEntarfer, ...

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

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

Trump's job creation is so bad that he wants the BLS to issue a jobs report quarterly instead of monthly, as if that's gonna help.