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We’ve all been there, in the middle of an objectively bad outcome, and had the same knee-jerk reaction: Blame someone else!
President Donald Trump says the U.S. economy is going great under his stewardship. The latest jobs numbers suggest a slowdown ...
One of President Donald Trump’s top economic advisers strongly suggested Wednesday that an economic report was “manipulated politically” to help Barack Obama win reelection in 2012. Kevin Hassett, ...
In case you had any doubt that it’s Donald “Economy Butcher” Trump who’s really trying to rig the economic numbers.
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Aug. 1, 2025, the day a poor jobs report ...
In firing the head of the agency that produces monthly jobs figures, President Donald Trump alleged that the recent ...
Although the U.S. saw disappointing results for employment in June, the healthcare sector saw reasonable gains that could potentially point to continued growth. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released ...
The BLS jobs survey is widely considered by economists to be robust. It samples more than 100,000 businesses and government ...
The former labor secretary calls Bureau of Labor Statistics “crown jewel” of government efforts to explain the economy.
American consumers are pulling back on spending as the effects of tariffs — like the slowing job market and rising inflation ...
July employment is up 1.0% from last July. The year-over-year change in employment has been running between 1.0% and 1.3% ...
The jobs report revisions that prompted Trump to fire the BLS commissioner were historically large. Here's why (Hint: it wasn't rigged data).