President Trump dismissed BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer after a weak July jobs report, accusing her of data manipulation. Critics called the move politically motivated and dangerous. Economists ...

The firing comes after a report showed hiring slowed in July and was much weaker in May and June than previously reported.

Friday's soft jobs report knocked the stuffing out of the dollar's rally. Investors now attach an 80% probability to a 25bp rate cut from the Federal Reserve in September, ING's FX analyst Chris ...

Trump calls Bureau Of Labor Statistics a scam, fires officials, backs crypto-friendly allies, and challenges trust in U.S.

William Beach, who was Trump’s first-term Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, called the firing “baseless” and “damaging” in a letter co-signed by Erica Groshen, who preceded Beach and was ...

He fired Commissioner Erika McEntarfer on Friday, shortly after the release of a weaker-than-expected jobs report that showed ...

The White House believes unusual jobs data revisions prove the recently fired Bureau of Labor chief was manipulating statistics.

Investors are searching for signs that will help them determine if the economy is weakening after a shockingly weak jobs report on Aug. 1.

US stock futures are up on Monday after ending Friday deep in the red, following a disappointing jobs report by Bureau of ...

A new trade deadline looms on Thursday, when hefty levies are due to take effect on many countries. Meantime, Trump said Sunday he would name a new head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the coming ...

President Donald Trump said he plans to name a new commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics within a few days.

As weak as the headline figures appear, it was the fine print that confirmed the Fed’s policy error. The government revised ...