Jobs Data Drama Boils Down to What, and Who, to Trust

This is Washington Edition, the newsletter about money, power and politics in the nation’s capital. Today, US economy reporter Augusta Saraiva looks at the reaction to the president’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Sign up here and follow us at @bpolitics. Email our editors here.

Trust in the government’s economic data is crucial for businesses, markets and everyday Americans. Trust in the person putting those numbers out is just as important.