The job market from early 2023 through early this year wasn’t as hot as it seemed at the time, new government data suggested Wednesday. Compared with the still-official numbers, …

Aug 21, 2024 · A report was delayed on the Bureau of Labor Statistics website, but some investors got it in the meantime, raising new questions about agency practices.

When the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its “THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION — DECEMBER 2020”, it showed the nation had lost 140,000 jobs last month. The jobless rate …

Aug 29, 2024 · Banks and research firms that serve hedge funds managed to confirm closely watched economic data last week as much as 20 minutes before the data was posted online, giving them a possible jump on financial market trading — the latest in a series of lapses at the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Aug 28, 2024 · Banks and research firms that serve hedge funds managed to confirm a closely watched economic data point last week as much as 20 minutes before the data was posted …

Aug 23, 2024 · Wall Street analysts ripped the federal government after it issued the largest downward revision of jobs data in 15 years this week — and botched the release in the process, sowing chaos across...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics.

Jan 5, 2024 · The labor market added 216,000 jobs in the month of December, up from 173,000 the previous month, surprising Wall Street once again to close out 2023. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had...

Aug 4, 2023 · The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced Friday the US economy continued its cooldown, adding just 187,000 jobs in July. The unemployment rate ticked down to 3.5%, still a half-century low.

Employers added 353,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department reported Friday. That was the strongest in a year and nearly double what economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal expected.