Donald Trump has long wanted to fire government officials producing politically inconvenient statistics. Now he’s doing it.

EPI chief economist Josh Bivens posited that if the U.S. enters a recession in the coming months, the “rapid ...

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett responded to Sen. Chuck Schumer calling him a "flack," on CNBC this morning, and said the appearance of partisan manipulation of jobs numbers more than ...

Trump’s first term rule—“Most Favored Nation”—was focused on lowering the cost of Medicare payments on certain drugs, but the ...

President Donald Trump responded to the lackluster July jobs report by directing his team to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer, accusing her of manipulating data. On Monday ...

Trump accused McEntarfer of manipulating jobs data and said that the data was “being produced by a Biden appointee.” “She will be replaced with someone much more competent and qualified. Important ...

President Donald Trump is asserting more influence over economic policies and who measures their success.Tariffs on dozens of ...

President Trump said he directed his team to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics head Erika McEntarfer following a dismal jobs ...

President Donald Trump said he will announce a new Federal Reserve governor and a new jobs data statistician in the coming ...

Higher tariffs are set to take effect this week, but the data is not showing that they have been working so far. And, Middle ...

President Trump is defending his decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after the latest jobs report.

President Trump fired the BLS chair Erika McEntarfer on Friday, claiming without evidence that jobs data was manipulated, and ...