Here's why firing the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner could undermine trust in indicators the government releases and why that could damage the economy.

Critics on both sides say the move won’t fix deeper problems with jobs data.

The jobs report revisions that prompted Trump to fire the BLS commissioner were historically large. Here's why (Hint: it wasn't rigged data).

Trump's firing of the BLS commissioner has raised fears that government employment data, used to make major economic policy decisions, will become politicized.

Here's why firing the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner could undermine trust in indicators the government releases and why that could damage the economy.