Consumer spending is strong, even as consumer confidence continues to decline.

"With any program that has revisions, it's because you're trying to balance timeliness with accuracy. You want to give people both, but you can't give both at the same time."

It will provide insight on trends in payrolls.

In the absence of BLS statistics, private-sector measures are showing inflation in some categories of goods at its highest level in two years.

Inflation-adjusted GDP, which measures the value of goods and services produced in the United States, increased at a revised 3.8% annualized pace—stronger than the previously reported 3.3% and a reversal of the economic contraction of the first quarter.

Her dismissal was "an attack on the independence of an institution arguably as important as the Federal Reserve for economic stability," according to Erika McEntarfer.

President Trump's nominee to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics, E.J. Antoni, caused a stir by suggesting the agency suspend the monthly jobs report.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics describes itself as "independent" and "non-partisan." Economists and statisticians say this impartiality is key to the public and market's trust in the data, as trillions of dollars can trade on the numbers at any given time.