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Employees express concern Trump's firing of the commissioner, which followed a weak jobs report, will lead to future ...
Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, has been fired after releasing a jobs report that ...
PROVIDENCE — US Senator Jack Reed is calling for a special investigation into President Trump’s abrupt firing of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics following a weaker-than-expected ...
On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released a jobs report that upended the narrative pundits, journalists, government ...
Trump's firing of McEntarfer led to widespread criticism, with pundits warning that Trump was intimidating officials to only present him positive information.
Erika McEntarfer was a longtime US government employee who bore the brunt of President Trump’s unhappiness with Friday’s jobs ...
Bill Beach said the president's suggestions that the jobs report was rigged betrayed a misunderstanding in how those numbers ...
Response rates to government surveys have plummeted since COVID, but experts say that doesn't mean the numbers are wrong ...
The BLS produces data relied on by businesses and policymakers, including the Fed.
But Trump’s firing of the BLS chief escalated his administration’s attack on information. Though researchers who rely on ...
Firing Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer will taint any future jobs numbers coming from the agency, ...
President Trump treats facts in the same way that he treats people: He expects them to line up in support of his goals, and ...