In normal times, the first Friday of the month brings a routine tranche of government data known as the monthly jobs report.

In the 21st century, U.S. economic data has become embedded in the life of the nation. It determines increases in Social Security benefits for retirees, influences the purchases of auto and home ...

President Trump, unhappy with the latest economic data, fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That's bad news.

One of the key jobs of presidents is to face facts and make tough decisions based on them. But, since Donald Trump rejects any facts that run counter to the fake reality in which he lives, his ...

President Trump is right to raise doubts about the motivations of the government officials tasked with collecting and releasing economic data. But it would also ...

Trump’s attempt to bury unflattering information serves as a diversion from what could be a looming economic storm. Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, says that he believes the “economy ...

Firing Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer will taint any future jobs numbers coming from the agency, ...

Firing the BLS director was an overreaction. And last week’s data had both good and bad news for Donald Trump and his ...

President Trump is understandably put out with the abysmal performance of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in its monthly endeavor to track national employment data. But contrary to his assessment ...

Trump had previously touted the May and June jobs reports as proof he was 'revitalizing the American economy.' The revised data bursts those boasts.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he's whittled down his list of potential Federal Reserve chair candidates to four ...

President Donald Trump’s recent tirades against Federal Reserve officials and statisticians have not gone down well with ...