Applications for unemployment benefits for the week ending Aug. 9 fell by 3,000 to 224,000, the Labor Department reported. That’s below the 230,000 new applications that economists had forecast.

Opposing his nomination to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics is the one thing the left and right can agree on.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has reignited concerns about political interference in future jobs data after saying the ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is one of those rare corners of government that is indispensable and should be dull.

Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics has a giant picture of Adolf Hitler’s favorite battleship in ...

Political pressure on government statisticians and private forecasters risks sending markets down a rabbit-hole, which could ...

Government data is now in question. Here's where macro investors are turning to fill the gaps. The firing of the BLS head by President Donald Trump has spooked some macro investors. Trump's nomination ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report, typically issued on the first Friday of every month, is one of the most closely watched releases by policymakers and Wall Street. Attention has been ...

If your job search feels like it’s dragging, a new report shows you’re not alone. A disappointing July jobs report showing slower-than-expected growth led to the firing of Erika McEntarfer, ...

Trump has selected E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the conservative Heritage Foundation, to be the next commissioner at the ...

The BLS has failed to modernize, and its methods are deficient. The jobs number and its revisions do not meet accepted ...

Donald Trump got some positive economic data — even if dissing the July jobs report and firing the BLS head may have cost him ...