The Senate voted Friday to confirm Brett Matsumoto as commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, an agency that has ...

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Friday approved career economist Brett Matsumoto as commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, potentially easing trust concerns ...

A watchdog report found BLS released CPI and jobs data at improper times in 2024, saying the agency still needs additional safeguards for economic data.

See 12 BLS-verified jobs paying $30 or more an hour that are genuinely open to applicants without years of prior related work ...

The analysis argues the firing increased policy uncertainty, causing businesses to delay investment decisions and slowing economic activity.

These 12 jobs grew through the Great Recession and the COVID downturn and are still expanding. BLS data shows which careers ...

The recent release of revised employment statistics — in which 911,000 jobs thought to have been created over the course of a year seemingly vanished — sharpened the debate over how well President Joe ...

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The Department of Labor is initiating an investigation into how the Bureau of Labor Statistics collects and reports “closely watched economic data,” according to a letter the department’s Assistant ...

The ongoing shutdown of major pieces of the federal government has meant missed paychecks for federal workers, no new loans from the Small Business Administration, no giant panda cam from the National ...

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