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

Stocks turned in their best day since May following a weak jobs report Friday. The Dow industrials gained 585 points, or 1.3%, while the Nasdaq added 2%. Some fear a decline in the world-leading ...

President Trump will soon appoint a new BLS chief after firing Erika McEntarfer, raising concerns over politicizing economic ...

President Donald Trump was fuming about the July jobs report signaling a significant slowdown in the economy when he recalled one of his simmering resentments: the statistician overseeing the ...

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Economists say firing a top official for revisions to a jobs report sends a bad message and could destroy trust in data ...

Investors have long parsed economic reports on the labor market or inflation to help determine prices for stocks and bonds.

White House officials began the week scrambling to find a replacement after Trump fired Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer on Friday.

Republicans are even calling out Trump over the firing of the BLS chief, and most of them who have a basic grasp on reality ...

As Trump fires BLS chief, Cardone tells TheStreet Roundtable that blockchain offers truth — but won’t fix bad policy.

Hours after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released employment data showing slow job growth for July and prior months, ...