The Trump administration is scrutinizing the Bureau of Labor Statistics' employment data, key metrics that demonstrate the health of the U.S. economy. Why it matters: The monthly jobs report is one of the most important pieces of economic data,

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has been thrust into the spotlight after President Trump criticized its federal jobs report and fired commissioner Erika McEntarfer.

President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that the massive revisions to the latest jobs report constituted a “scam.” Yet revisions by the BLS were neither historic nor evidence of corruption.