After weak employment data, President Trump criticized the BLS and fired its commissioner, claiming job numbers were rigged.

President Donald Trump fired Erika McEntarfer, the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), citing her mishandling of ...

President Donald Trump has a pattern of dismissing or altering data that reflects poorly on him. During his first term, he ...

Economists and Wall Street investors have long considered the job figures reliable, with share prices and bond yields often ...

President Donald Trump was fuming about the July jobs report signaling a significant slowdown in the economy when he recalled one of his simmering resentments: the statistician overseeing the ...

The BLS surveys both households and businesses for its monthly jobs report. After releasing an initial report, it's common for the agency to issue revisions to the prior monthly figures, as more ...

Trump fired the previous head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after he was unhappy with a weaker-than-expected July jobs ...

The U.S. created 253,000 new jobs in April and wages rose sharply, indicating there's still lot of demand for labor even as the economy slows.

The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits fell last week, pointing to steady job growth in July, though some laid off workers are experiencing long spells of ...

Durable goods manufacturing and state government experienced job losses. The number of jobs in Georgia topped 5 million last month for the first time in history, the state Department of Labor ...