"Firing the labor statistician delivering the data is akin to breaking the thermometer because of a heat wave," John Rash writes.

Trump’s knee-jerk response to troublesome data is to deny it. He has eliminated climate change and disease statistics that contradict his views.

With his replacement, and that of the Fed governor whose resignation paves the way for Powell’s succession, the US president ...

Big question marks still loom for the Fed, and while the jobs report last Friday was weak, the unemployment rate remains low.

The removal of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics is unlikely to change government data practices in the near ...

Job-market data is revised every month, but the latest changes caused a stir. They point to a challenge that has dogged the Bureau of Labor Statistics for years: a requirement to quickly produce ...

President Donald Trump said that he would fill two key leadership positions with significant oversight of the US economy as ...

Trump's interview comes as the administration juggles a slew of tariff negotiations as well as new U.S. jobs data.

US stocks close higher as investors price in a Fed rate cut soon and easing trade worries. EU delays retaliatory tariffs and Switzerland aims for deal ...