The Bureau of Labor Statistics will completely "cease operations"and suspend data collection in the event of a U.S. federal government shutdown, the Department of Labor said on Monday in its ...

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Tuesday releases its long-awaited combined employment reports for October and November ...

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on Friday said it was delaying the release of its annual consumer expenditures survey for 2024. The agency did not provide an explanation for the change. The ...

The trustworthiness of the Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) data on inflation, employment, wages, productivity, and consumer spending has historically been a concern only for cranks and conspiracy ...

Treasury Secretary Bessent defended President Trump's decision to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) head Erika McEntarfer after unprecedented downward revisions to May and June jobs figures ...

The U.S. economy has added 64,000 non-farm payroll jobs in November and lost 105,000 jobs in October, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The BLS included the October figures into ...

USAFacts, the nonpartisan organization led by former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, rarely weighs in on political controversies. But the firestorm surrounding the firing of the nation’s top employment ...

When dismal job numbers were released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics last week, numbers that didn't back up President Trump's claim that the economy is doing great, he reacted immediately by firing ...

The cutbacks would have “minimal impact,” the government said, but economists warned of reduced confidence in inflation data produced by a struggling statistical system. By Ben Casselman The Bureau of ...

Government jobs surged in June, raising questions over the continued activities of the Department of Government Efficiency following Elon Musk's recent exit. According to Thursday's jobs report from ...

Founded in 1884, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has faced many controversies over its history. In 1932, President Herbert Hoover forced its commissioner to retire rather than waive a newly created age ...

President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that the massive revisions to the latest jobs report constituted a "scam," accusing one of the top overseers of government statistics of cooking the ...