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Hiring slowed sharply over the summer, federal government data showed. The jobs report came days after fresh gross domestic ...
The former labor secretary calls Bureau of Labor Statistics “crown jewel” of government efforts to explain the economy.
July employment is up 1.0% from last July. The year-over-year change in employment has been running between 1.0% and 1.3% ...
The jobs report revisions that prompted Trump to fire the BLS commissioner were historically large. Here's why (Hint: it wasn't rigged data).
Yesterday, the president of the United States appeared without explanation on the roof of the White House, walked aimlessly ...
Firing the BLS director was an overreaction. And last week’s data had both good and bad news for Donald Trump and his ...
Trump had previously touted the May and June jobs reports as proof he was 'revitalizing the American economy.' The revised data bursts those boasts.
In rejecting the jobs report, President Donald Trump continues to follow his playbook of discrediting unfavorable data and attacking the messenger.
A modest increase in long-term joblessness could reflect employers getting pickier amid uncertainty over tariffs.
The monthly jobs report is already closely-watched on Wall Street and in Washington but has taken on a new importance after ...
Trump responded by doing what Trump does: goes ballistic, acts impulsively, attacks the messenger, and spews falsehoods.