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 ...

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 he believes the “economy is ...

Since his return to office, President Trump has waged something of a pressure campaign on economic data and the people in charge of delivering it. His firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics ...

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

President Trump’s firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) commissioner is raising concerns about whether her replacement could manipulate job numbers to work in his favor. The traditionally ...

In announcing the firing of the government’s chief labor statistician last week, President Trump condemned the works of Erika McEntarfer as “phony.” McEntarfer was just the 16th commissioner of ...

Economists and Wall Street investors have long considered the job figures reliable, with share prices and bond yields often ...

Economists say the rise in unemployment among Black Americans could be a troubling sign for the economy at large.

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

The statistical agency's problems predate Trump, but experts say it can't be easily fixed without more resources ...

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

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