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.

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

President Trump on Thursday said he had instructed the Department of Commerce to "immediately begin work on a new and highly ...

Given population changes, the number of Congressional seats each state gets is determined by the census. Florida Gov. Ron ...

After a rough July jobs report, Trump promptly fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, claiming without evidence that the data was “rigged” to hurt him.

I n the annals of the American presidency, Donald Trump has almost certainly complained more about journalists than any of ...

Last week, the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics was abruptly fired, just hours after releasing a disappointing jobs ...

U.S. President Donald Trump announced in a social media post on Thursday that he has directed the Department of Commerce to ...

USAFacts, the nonpartisan nonprofit founded by Steve Ballmer, warns against politicizing government data after Trump fires the BLS chief over weak jobs numbers, raising concerns about data integrity ...

Trump has argued that tariffs are an effective tool to incentivize manufacturing goods in the U.S. as well as protecting jobs ...

The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits rose modestly last week, a sign that employers still retaining workers ...