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 ...

When elected officials dismiss data collection and statistics that have met the test of time yet tell a story that they ...

In what could be the last piece of federal jobs data released this week if the government shuts down, a new report Tuesday showed that the number of available roles remains low for the year, a sign ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics said Tuesday that nonfarm payroll jobs for November jumped a little more than projections.

“This is a wacky number,” Diane Swonk, chief economist at KPMG, told Fortune. “Shelter costs basically flatlined October by ...

November’s job report may be distorted as a result of the government shutdown, limiting how much it will influence the ...

Negative revisions for August and September, and a 100,000+ jobs loss in October were slightly offset by a +64,000 job gain ...

The office of the Labor Department’s inspector general said Wednesday it was initiating a review of challenges the Bureau of Labor Statistics faces in collecting and reporting US economic data ...

Katherine Watt is a former CNET Money writer focusing on mortgages, home equity and banking. She previously wrote about personal finance for NextAdvisor. Based in New York, Katherine graduated summa ...

The Department of Labor's internal watchdog is launching a review of the Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) approach to collecting and reporting economic data. Laura Nicolosi, assistant inspector ...

After weeks of uncertainty surrounding federal data collection, a delayed snapshot of the U.S. labor market offered a mixed ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released new data showing ground beef cost nearly $7 a pound in November. Inflation data ...