The monthly jobs report is already closely-watched on Wall Street and in Washington but has taken on a new importance after President Donald Trump on Friday fired the official who oversees it.

President Donald Trump on Monday said July's jobs report was "rigged" to favor Democrats in a post on Truth Social. Trump on Monday doubled down on his belief that the jobs report was rigged. "Last weeks Job's Report was RIGGED,

Since Friday, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly jobs report, President Donald Trump has made repeated claims that the August report was "rigged" in order to "make a great Republican Success" on the economy look weaker.

Donald Trump’s firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics has exposed deepening fissures within a data agency vital to measuring the strength of the world’s largest economy. The US president sacked BLS commissioner Erika McEntarfer hours after the agency on Friday published a gloomy July jobs report,

President Trump defended Friday's firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer following the July's weak jobs report. Meanwhile, Mr. Trump announced a new round of sweeping tariffs on U.

President Trump fired the top official at the Bureau of Labor Statistics after new data showed U.S. hiring slowed sharply this summer. WSJ’s Matt Grossman reports on the economist at the heart of the controversy,