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President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the BLS after a disappointing jobs report. It likely won't help the data get ...

Labor economist Aaron Sojourner said President Donald Trump’s decision to fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner ...

In announcing the firing of the government’s chief labor statistician last week, President Trump condemned the works of Erika ...

The bad news in last Friday’s jobs report may have been overshadowed when President Donald Trump fired the commissioner in charge of producing it. But economists haven’t forgotten about America’s job ...

Tariff risks remain high for July CPI. A higher CPI print increases the likelihood of a Fed rate cut. Check out the expected ...

Big question marks still loom for the Fed, and while the jobs report last Friday was weak, the unemployment rate remains low.

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After a historic downward revision to jobs numbers, Trump fired the head of the BLS. But critics on both sides say the move ...

Economists say the rise in unemployment among Black Americans could be a troubling sign for the economy at large.