On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released a jobs report that upended the narrative pundits, journalists, government ...

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How exactly does the BLS assemble the critical jobs report? And what is the commissioner’s role? Here’s what we know.

President Donald Trump has summoned reporters to the Oval Office to present charts that he says shows the economy is solid.

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

By all means, President Donald Trump had good reason to fire a Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner who failed to solve ...

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 ...

The recent revisions downward were unusually large, but there are many factors that require updating numbers, and rigging the data would be difficult.

Trump’s reaction to July’s jobs report created a whole new controversy. Can Congress’ new normal be disrupted? Plus, KCRW ...

President Donald Trump unexpectedly summoned reporters to the Oval Office on Thursday to present them with charts that he ...

PROVIDENCE — US Senator Jack Reed is calling for a special investigation into President Trump’s abrupt firing of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics following a weaker-than-expected ...

Of course the Bureau of Labor Statistic (BLS) is wrong about levels of employment or lack thereof. How could it be right?