Statisticians railed against President Trump on Friday following his decision to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) commissioner Erika McEntarfer for “inaccuracies” and “incompetence” after ...

Economist and former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers’s response to the news: Firing the head of a key government agency because you don’t like the numbers they report, which come from surveys using ...

For months, headlines painted a picture of a resilient American labour market. But beneath the surface, a new revision by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) just made the cracks visible. On Tuesday, ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases reports that can shift global markets and influence Federal Reserve interest rate decisions, impacting personal finances across the U.S. The numbers in ...

Some federal employees are concerned about downstream impacts after President Trump last week fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, suggesting it could lead to future meddling in their ...