Founded in 1884, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has faced many controversies over its history. In 1932, President Herbert Hoover forced its commissioner to retire rather than waive a newly created age ...

While the broader economy technically expanded, consumer-facing sectors cut 1000s of jobs in June.

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A drop in the unemployment rate helped provide some upside to what was an otherwise downbeat jobs report — but it was for all ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Following a disappointing jobs report on Friday, President Donald Trump fired the Bureau of Labor ...

For the first time, the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics has been fired by the President of the United States for political reasons, launching the $30 trillion economy into uncharted and ...

Despite return-to-office policies, the share of employees working from home increased in 2025 from the year before, according ...

For much of the past two years, investors have been waiting for the labor market to crack just enough to give the Federal ...

With hot-button topics like immigration, abortion, voters’ rights, and diversity and inclusion issues already inflaming political discourse ahead of November’s elections, nobody needed additional ...

A government agency best known for its number-crunching prowess became the target of the president’s criticism last week when a federal jobs report was revised to show a less-than-rosy economic ...

Aug 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is once again under scrutiny after closely watched job market data due for public release on Wednesday was inexplicably delayed but still found ...