William Beach, who was Trump’s first-term Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, called the firing “baseless” and “damaging” in a letter co-signed by Erica Groshen, who preceded Beach and was ...

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The Naira began the week at N1,560/$ in the black market. Currency traders, mainly focusing on currency exchange, noted that ...

Start with Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, who told Bloomberg TV early on Friday that, even though the jobs data was revised downward for May and June, “we’ve seen positive job growth.” Ok, ...

President Donald Trump on Friday removed the head of the agency that produces the monthly jobs figures after a report showed hiring slowed<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

President Trump's federal hiring freeze and decision to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer raise questions about the validity of inflation data.

US President Donald Trump said Sunday he will appoint a new economic data collector after firing the previous commissioner ...

“I was just informed that our Country’s ‘Jobs Numbers’ are being produced by a Biden Appointee, Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the ...

Trump to name a new Federal Reserve governor & chief labor market statistician. Key appointments could shape economic policy ...

President Donald Trump’s acolytes are scrambling to rationalize his decision to fire the nation’s top labor statistician ...

White House economic advisers defended President Donald Trump’s firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, pushing back against criticism that Trump’s action could undermine confidence in ...

When authoritarianism encroaches, apologists often present a strongman’s power grabs as rational — even imperative for the ...