Trump defended firing BLS commissioner Erika McEntarfer, sparking tense exchange with CNBC’s Joe Kernen on "Squawk Box" over ...

CNBC senior economics reporter Steve Liesman called out Donald Trump’s rationale for firing the commissioner of the Bureau of ...

A key report Tuesday is expected to show that the rate of inflation increased in July, a potential indication that President ...

Trump fires commissioner of labor statistics after jobs report. In a Truth Social post, the U.S. president accused BLS ...

President Trump announced E.J. Antoni as his nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Monday, after he fired the ...

Trump accused BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of being a political appointee who was manipulating jobs data.

CNBC news anchor Joe Kernen confronted President Trump over firing the top labor statistics chief, saying it "undermines confidence in the system." ...

President Donald Trump was fuming about the July jobs report signaling a significant slowdown in the economy when he recalled ...

President Trump faced a surprisingly tough interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box Tuesday morning, as host Joe Kernen, who has often ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics uses surveys to collect economic data including employment counts, wages and inflation.

After U.S. jobs figures for May and June were revised significantly downward by the Bureau of Labor Statistics — slashing a combined 258,000 from previous figures — President Donald Trump, imputing ...

PolitiFact Ruling: Pants on Fire. The agency’s downward revision of 818,000 jobs was part of a standard, annual data-refinement process. It happened Aug. 21, 2024, spoiling Democrats’ mood one day ...