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President Donald Trump has summoned reporters to the Oval Office to present charts that he says shows the economy is solid.
On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released a jobs report that upended the narrative pundits, journalists, government ...
How exactly does the BLS assemble the critical jobs report? And what is the commissioner’s role? Here’s what we know.
Response rates to government surveys have plummeted since COVID, but experts say that doesn't mean the numbers are wrong ...
USAFacts, the nonpartisan nonprofit founded by Steve Ballmer, warns against politicizing government data after Trump fires ...
A much smaller group of a dozen or fewer people then prepare the employment report. They lock the numbers into the BLS system and on the Wednesday before the report is published, the commissioner is ...
During Oval Office meeting pro-Trump economist Steve Moore says the president made the right call to fire the head of Bureau of Labor Statistics given wildly faulty jobs projections.
Employees express concern Trump's firing of the commissioner, which followed a weak jobs report, will lead to future ...
PROVIDENCE — US Senator Jack Reed is calling for a special investigation into President Trump’s abrupt firing of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics following a weaker-than-expected ...
Mortgage rates fell to their lowest levels since March because job growth has been surprisingly weak this summer.
Revisions are a normal part of the jobs report process. After the report comes out, revisions are later released to include ...