Though Trump rejects the results of the report, Friday's jobs figures could raise the chances that the Fed cuts rates next month.

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.

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