How exactly does the BLS assemble the critical jobs report? And what is the commissioner’s role? Here’s what we know.

On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released a jobs report that upended the narrative pundits, journalists, government officials, and the White House had been repeating for months: The economy is doing just fine.

USAFacts, the nonpartisan nonprofit founded by Steve Ballmer, warns against politicizing government data after Trump fires the BLS chief over weak jobs numbers, raising concerns about data integrity and economic trust.