Trump fires BLS head Erika McEntarfer over "rigged" jobs report, raising concerns about economic data integrity and agency independence.

President Donald Trump fired Erika McEntarfer, the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), citing her mishandling of ...

The firing of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)'s top official by the US administration may risk negative impacts including the politicization of economic data, according to a research note from ...

Most economists say that the Bureau of Labor Statistics is a nonpolitical agency staffed by people obsessed with getting the ...

President Donald Trump fired Erika McEntarfer, the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after the agency reported that the ...

President Trump brutally sacked the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Commissioner on Friday after the release of weak jobs ...

Trump's constant lambasting of "Too Late" Powell suddenly appeared to have a bit more substance behind it. The Fed chair's rate cut caution centers on the labor market, which now appears nowhere near ...

After weak employment data, President Trump criticized the BLS and fired its commissioner, claiming job numbers were rigged.

President Donald Trump was fuming about the July jobs report signaling a significant slowdown in the economy when he recalled one of his simmering resentments: the statistician overseeing the ...

President Trump told reporters Sunday he plans to announce a new commissioner for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in the next three or four days after he fired the previous BLS leader in the wake ...