President Donald Trump announced Thursday his intention to commission a new, "highly accurate" census, instructing the ...

Last week, President Trump fired the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics in apparent retaliation for weak jobs ...

The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits rose modestly last week, a sign that employers still retaining workers ...

Census changes could also play into Trump's efforts to urge several Republican-led states to redraw congressional maps ahead ...

Recurring applications for unemployment benefits surged to the highest since November 2021, adding to recent signs that the ...

The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits ticked higher last week, suggesting the labor ...

Global economic analyst Rana Foroohar tells CNN that President Donald Trump’s tariff price hikes on Americans are inevitably setting the nation up for a blast, despite the president's optimistic ...

Response rates to government surveys have plummeted since COVID, but experts say that doesn't mean the numbers are wrong ...

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 ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended President Donald Trump’s firing of the head of the agency that reports US labor data hours after an unexpectedly weak jobs report, saying a revamp was long ...

The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits ticked up to the highest level in a month last week ...

President Donald Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics carries reputational risks for the ...