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

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

The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits rose modestly last week, a sign that employers still retaining workers ...

The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits ticked up to the highest level in a month last week ...

Hawaiʻi's data analysts say it's important to understand the state's dependence on national statistics amid growing concerns ...

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

President Trump’s firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics director Erika McEntarfer following July’s jobs report has sparked controversy over the reliability of government employment data. Trump claimed ...

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 ...