The BLS produces data relied on by businesses and policymakers, including the Fed.

What happens next can only go wrong for him and the U.S. Here’s what experts and critics are arguing in the aftermath.

President Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics forced his allies into the awkward spot of ...

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

The interim Bureau of Labor Statistics head emailed staff, passing along a message from fired commissioner Erika McEntarfer.

Erika McEntarfer was a longtime US government employee who bore the brunt of President Trump’s unhappiness with Friday’s jobs ...

President Donald Trump plans to fill two important economic vacancies in the next 3-4 days, he said Sunday. The BLS ...

President Donald Trump thrust the nation's system for economic data collection into the spotlight in recent days after he ...

Until Friday, McEntarfer was the country’s commissioner of labor statistics, a vital, though largely behind-the-scenes, role ...

Bureau of Labor Statistics chief Erika McEntarfer oversaw a July jobs report that the president claims was rigged ...

President Trump fired the BLS commissioner after a disappointing July jobs report. The BLS is an independent agency that operates under the Labor Department. BLS jobs data comes from surveys of U.S.

White House officials defended Donald Trump's removal of the Bureau of Labor Statistics head. This action sparked worries ...