Nonfarm payrolls growth totaled a seasonally adjusted 64,000 for the month, better than the Dow Jones estimate of 45,000 and up from a sharp decline of 105,000 in October. The unemployment rate rose ...
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced Friday that it would not produce its highly anticipated monthly inflation report for October after being unable to collect key data during the government ...
WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Labor Department's statistical agency should prioritize the production of November employment and inflation reports when the government reopens to ensure ...
WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has withdrawn its nomination of conservative economist E.J. Antoni as head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the White House said on Tuesday.
U.S. job growth has almost entirely ground to a standstill, according to government data released Friday. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the U.S. added 22,000 jobs in August, well ...
Stressing Chicago "desperately needs help" to tackle crime, President Donald Trump on Monday doubled down on plans to deploy the National Guard to quell violence in the city - but stopped short of ...
President Donald Trump on Monday nominated E.J. Antoni to be the new commissioner for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the agency that collects and publishes data about jobs and inflation, after firing ...
President Trump fired the head of the BLS, claiming manipulated jobs numbers after a report of slowed hiring. While revisions were more dramatic than usual, these numbers are always revised. WSJ ...
President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that the massive revisions to the latest jobs report constituted a “scam,” accusing one of the top overseers of government statistics of cooking the ...
President Donald Trump suggested that Friday's weaker-than-expected jobs report was "rigged" and that monthly revisions were "concocted." National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said the ...