The Bureau of Labor Statistics, the CBO, and the Fed are far from perfect. But the U.S. needs a statistical system that is modern, agile, and protected from political interference.

Mark Zandi says the US economy is teetering at the edge of a recession as tariffs and immigration policy weigh on growth.

Employees express concern Trump's firing of the commissioner, which followed a weak jobs report, will lead to future ...

President Donald Trump instructed the Commerce Department to have the Census Bureau start work on a new census that would ...

President Donald Trump announced that Stephen Miran, the current Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, will ...

Trump is calling for a "new" census that excludes people in the U.S. without legal status. The 14th Amendment requires the ...

President Donald Trump has instructed the Commerce Department to change the way the U.S. Census Bureau collects data, seeking ...

Risks to the job market have increased, but it remains too soon to commit to interest rate cuts before the next meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve with key data still to come and inflation still ...

Firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics over an inconvenient jobs report will make it harder to build a dynamic ...

Treasury Secretary Bessent defended President Trump's decision to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) head Erika McEntarfer ...