Trump had previously touted the May and June jobs reports as proof he was 'revitalizing the American economy.' The revised data bursts those boasts.

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Canning the labor chief will make jobs statistics less trustworthy, but authoritarians thrive in a world of blurred fact and ...

Moody's chief economist Mark Zandi warned that the U.S. economy is on the precipice of recession as weak jobs data and rising ...

Bureau of Labor Statistics head Erika McEntarfer is out because President Donald Trump didn't like the July jobs report.

In normal times, the first Friday of the month brings a routine tranche of government data known as the monthly jobs report.

In the 21st century, U.S. economic data has become embedded in the life of the nation. It determines increases in Social Security benefits for retirees, influences the purchases of auto and home ...

Michael R. Strain explains why a robust economy depends on public confidence in the integrity of official data.

President Trump is right to raise doubts about the motivations of the government officials tasked with collecting and ...

Trump’s attempt to bury unflattering information serves as a diversion from what could be a looming economic storm. Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, says that he believes the “economy ...

Firing Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer will taint any future jobs numbers coming from the agency, ...

When the facts don’t fit the President’s narrative, he asks for new ones, as evidenced by his recent firing of the Bureau of ...