Trump has falsely alleged that former BLS commissioner “faked” employment numbers before the 2024 election in order to better Kamala Harris’s chances of winning.

Leo Feler, chief economist at Numerator, discusses how the Bureau of Labor Statistics collects and reports data, and what the firing of Commissioner Erika McEntarfer means for the agency's future.

President Trump is shaking things up following a disappointing jobs report. Also, former Special Counsel Jack Smith is under investigation. ABC News' Selina Wang breaks down the latest.

The abrupt firing comes after a weaker than expected jobs report. President Trump claimed without providing evidence that the numbers were "manipulated."

ABC News’ Stephanie Ramos is joined by co-founder of the Yale Budget Lab to discuss the latest jobs report, which showed a major slowdown of hiring in recent months.

Trump's history of criticizing the Bureau of Labor Statistics' jobs report has surfaced in the wake of his decision to fire commissioner Erika McEntarfer on Friday.

The president said he did the right thing by firing Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer, when asked by reporters about it at the White House.

President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday after a new jobs report showed a major slowdown of hiring in recent months.

Fresh jobs data showed a major slowdown of hiring in recent months.

Diane Swonk, a chief economist at KPMG, discusses Friday’s worse-than-expected jobs report and the economic impacts of tariffs.

A jobs report on Friday showed a major slowdown of hiring in recent months.

Hiring slowed in July as President Trump’s tariffs pinched the balance sheets of some major companies and reshaped the nation’s trade relationships. The reading fell short of economists' expectations.

The U.S. economy added 147,000 jobs in June, government data showed.

The job market has proven resilient as firms warn of uncertainty tied to tariffs. ABC News’ Alexis Christoforous reports.

The job market has proven resilient as firms warn of uncertainty tied to tariffs.

ABC News' Alexis Christoforous weighs in on the market as the S&P 500 has been up for nine consecutive days with the better than expected jobs report being a driving force.

KPMG Chief Economist Diane Swonk discusses the April jobs report that was released on Friday.

The U.S. added 177,000 jobs in April, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That figure marked solid growth but a slowdown from 228,000 jobs added in the previous month.

The U.S. added 177,000 jobs in April, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The figure marked solid growth but a slowdown from jobs added last month.

The jobs report covered a period before Trump's new tariffs on April 2.

The jobs report arrived during a market selloff triggered by new tariffs. ABC News’ Alexis Christoforous reports.

The jobs report arrives at a turbulent moment for the stock market and trade relations.

ABC News’ Alexis Christoforous breaks down the latest jobs report, which arrives at a turbulent moment for U.S. stocks and trade relations.

ABC News’ Alexis Christoforous breaks down the report which also shows that the jobless rate slipped to 4% to start 2025.

U.S. employers added just 143,000 jobs last month, down from 307,000 in December of 2024.

ABC News’ Alexis Christoforous breaks down reactions from investors over the job market, interest rates and the effects of the California wildfires on the economy.

The data may help determine whether the Fed will cut interest rates this month.

Employers added 256,000 workers last month, surpassing economist expectations of 155,000 jobs added, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data on Friday showed.

The U.S. added 227,000 jobs in November, exceeding economists' expectations of 214,000 jobs, to bounce back from a disappointing October performance.

The fresh data marks the first jobs report since the election of Trump.

U.S. hiring surged in November, bouncing back from a dismal performance in the previous month and returning to strong growth.

Employers added only 12,000 jobs in October, a significant drop from recent months. However, unemployment remained at 4.1%, the lowest level before any election since 2000. 

The latest jobs report data is incomplete due to one-off disturbances last month.

Hurricanes Helene and Milton along with the Boeing strike contributed to the weaker numbers, but the unemployment rate remains at 4.1%, matching the September rate and remaining historically low.

Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su talks to ABC News’ Elizabeth Schulze about the latest jobs report.

Hiring slowed in October, but fallout from hurricanes and labor strikes likely caused an undercount of the nation’s workers.

The U.S. economy added 254,000 jobs in September, fresh data showed.

ABC News’ Alexis Christoforous discusses the added jobs numbers in September.

The U.S. added 142,000 jobs in August, according to Friday's jobs report. The unemployment rate now stands at 4.2%.

The report came in lower than what economists had forecasted.

ABC News’ Rebecca Jarvis reports as the stock market prepares to open this morning after the Dow fell more than 600 points Friday following the weaker-than-expected jobs report.

Analysts expect 185,000 were added to the U.S. workforce in July, which would be a slowdown in hiring compared to June.

The U.S. added 114,000 jobs in July and the unemployment rate rose to 4.3%.

The unemployment rate rose to 4.3% in the U.S., according to the new jobs report for the month of July.

U.S. employers added 206,000 jobs in June, exceeding economists' expectations, but there are signs of a slowdown as unemployment ticked up to 4.1 percent.

America's employers delivered a slightly higher than expected jobs report with the unemployment rate at 4.1%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

ABC News’ Elizabeth Schulze breaks down the numbers.

The report exceeded analysts’ expectations of 190,000 added jobs but the unemployment rate ticked up to 4%.

The U.S. economy added 272,000 jobs in May, far surpassing economist expectations.

The U.S. economy added 272,000 jobs in May.