The monthly jobs report is already closely-watched on Wall Street and in Washington but has taken on a new importance after ...

New FBI data contradicts President Donald Trump’s often-repeated claim that crime is surging in the U.S. and Democrats are to blame. Violent crime went down 4.5 percent in 2024, while property crime ...

Thousands of invisible, far-reaching decisions flow from the stream of reports the BLS compiles. When faith in the government ...

The U.S. economy is teetering on the edge of recession, according to Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, who ...

President Obama crushed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election with or without the Bureau of Labor Statistics report, but there's never a bad day for a new conspiracy promoted by the Trump ...

Every day is like a step forward;” something else Trump’s trying to hide; why should trying to overthrow the government keep ...

Although the U.S. saw disappointing results for employment in June, the healthcare sector saw reasonable gains that could potentially point to continued growth. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released ...

One of President Donald Trump’s top economic advisers strongly suggested Wednesday that an economic report was “manipulated politically” to help Barack Obama win reelection in 2012. Kevin Hassett, ...

The BLS jobs survey is widely considered by economists to be robust. It samples more than 100,000 businesses and government ...

The former labor secretary calls Bureau of Labor Statistics “crown jewel” of government efforts to explain the economy.

The president insists that jobs statistics are “rigged,” which is wrong for a variety of reasons — including his yearslong ...