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, ...

The BLS jobs survey is widely considered by economists to be robust. It samples more than 100,000 businesses and government ...

While the president’s claims of bias are baseless, they are still doing significant harm. When official economic statistics are labelled as “fake news”, it undermines the BLS’s credibility and ...

The jobs report revisions that prompted Trump to fire the BLS commissioner were historically large. Here's why (Hint: it wasn ...

In the 21st century, U.S. economic data has become embedded in the life of the nation. It determines increases in Social Security benefits for retirees, influences the purchases of auto and home ...