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U.S. retail sales increased solidly in July, supported by strong demand for motor vehicles as well as promotions by ...
Trump has selected E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, to be the next commissioner at the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics. Antoni's nomination was ...
Wisconsin’s jobs and employment numbers showed a slightly softening economy in July, following national trends, the state ...
Fed officials also disagree on how tariffs will affect inflation going forward. Many increasingly believe the duties will ...
President Donald Trump's nominee for top statistician has a way for the government to avoid revising its previously published data, but it would leave the government, companies, and the public in the ...
The Federal Reserve is poised to lower interest rates in September. But signs of stickier inflation could limit how much ...
Trump has repeatedly lambasted Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell (who’s a banker, not an economist) for refusing to cut ...
Costs were sharply on the rise for producers and manufacturers in July, a sign that higher prices could soon filter down to American consumers.
Political pressure on government statisticians and private forecasters risks sending markets down a rabbit-hole, which could ...
Senior White House officials say there’s no plan to suspend the crucial monthly jobs report, shooting down an idea espoused ...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended releasing monthly jobs reports amid accuracy concerns, emphasizing the need for ...
Trump's job creation is so bad that he wants the BLS to issue a jobs report quarterly instead of monthly, as if that's gonna help.