For the first time, the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics has been fired by the President of the United States for political reasons, launching the $30 trillion economy into uncharted and ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 10 (Reuters) - The office of the Labor Department's inspector general said on Wednesday it was initiating a review of challenges the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) faces in ...

Erika McEntarfer, in her first appearance since she was ousted from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, cautioned that “economic data must be free from partisan influence.” By Tony Romm Reporting from ...

You're currently following this author! Click to unsubscribe from email alerts. Erika McEntarfer, the former commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, raised the alarm on political meddling in ...

The review comes weeks after President Trump fired the head of the statistics agency after an unexpectedly weak monthly jobs report. By Ben Casselman and Lydia DePillis The inspector general’s office ...

Every month, the federal government serves up a steady diet of economic reports on everything from the price of groceries to the unemployment rate. These reports are closely followed: They can move ...