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Response rates to government surveys have plummeted since COVID, but experts say that doesn't mean the numbers are wrong ...
The bad news in last Friday’s jobs report may have been overshadowed when President Donald Trump fired the commissioner in ...
When the coronavirus surged during President Donald Trump’s first term, he called for a simple fix: Limit the amount of ...
Thousands of invisible, far-reaching decisions flow from the stream of reports the BLS compiles. When faith in the government ...
President Donald Trump continues to claim without evidence that the jobs report was "totally rigged." ...
Revisions are a normal part of the jobs report process. After the report comes out, revisions are later released to include additional information not available at the time of the initial release. For ...
Economists are sounding the alarm on a weakening labor market after July's jobs report revealed sharp downward revisions and ...
A Fox Business panel was left “stunned” Friday after a “disappointing” U.S. jobs report for July also revised down the ...
The probability of a Federal Reserve rate cut in September jumped dramatically following weak employment data, with market ...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics uses surveys to collect economic data including employment counts, wages and inflation.
President Trump on Friday said he planned to fire the commissioner of the BLS, which publishes the monthly jobs report.