To build trust in government data, President Donald Trump should not fire the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner. He ...

Last week’s jobs report may have bolstered the case for a September rate cut by the Federal Reserve, but it may be too soon ...

Economists and Wall Street investors have long considered the job figures reliable, with share prices and bond yields often ...

Trump’s knee-jerk response to troublesome data is to deny it. He has eliminated climate change and disease statistics that contradict his views.

The economist defended recent economic data against suggestions it misrepresents economic reality. Large revisions to employment figures are normal during economic turning points ...

Gregory Cheadle returns to Redding still optimistic after 6 primary election losses, 2 national backlashes and the ups and ...

“Our house view continues to be that the Fed won’t cut this year, but will end up cutting more than expected next year,” Morgan Stanley strategists said. Incidentally, both banks are now at odds with ...

Though the unemployment rate for the tech industry was largely unchanged in July, demand is soaring for AI and data-focused ...

In announcing the firing of the government’s chief labor statistician last week, President Trump condemned the works of Erika McEntarfer as “phony.” McEntarfer was just the 16th commissioner of ...

The start of August witnessed a shift in market momentum. The S&P 500, which had recorded six successive all-time highs, entered a four-day losing streak. The decline was caused by soft jobs data and ...

The "Sahm rule" supposedly signals the beginning of a recession when the three-month moving average of the national unemployment rate rises by 0.5% or more from its low point over the previous 12 ...