The agency argued that it had no better way to handle a challenging patchwork of missing data caused by the recent government shutdown.

The Labor Department’s internal watchdog says it is initiating a review of how the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) compiles economic data. In a letter dated Wednesday, Laura Nicolosi, an assistant ...

President Trump's surprise firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) commissioner has raised concerns about potential political interference in labor data. William Beach, former BLS commissioner ...

U.S. employers are adding far fewer jobs than initially tallied, in the latest sign that the labor market may be weaker than expected, according to a preliminary report from the Labor Department on ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics last week issued a steep downward revision to May and June's hiring numbers, prompting President Trump to call the edits "miscalculations" by the department's ...

US job growth during much of the past year was significantly weaker than initially estimated, according to new data released Wednesday. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ preliminary annual benchmark ...

President Donald Trump ordered the firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Friday following a weak jobs report showing that hiring was stalling nationwide, with the exception of the ...

President Trump’s firing of Commissioner of Labor Statistics Erika McEntarfer last Friday brought into laser focus how willing he is to manipulate federal data in his favor. McEntarfer’s dismissal ...

E.J. Antoni, President Donald Trump’s problematic pick to lead the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, is expected to face a hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, ...

The latest jobs report points to a labor market that's faltering, but the slowdown may have begun much earlier. Economists expect the Bureau of Labor Statistics to issue a major downward revision ...