President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday after a new jobs report showed a ...

EJ Antoni, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is no longer considering suspending the ...

But Trump’s firing of the BLS chief escalated his administration’s attack on information. Though researchers who rely on federal economic data say it’s too early to declare U.S. economic ...

President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday after a new jobs report showed a major slowdown of hiring in recent months. In a social media post, Trump ...

The US government’s monthly jobs report provides crucial information about the health of the labor market by tallying “nonfarm payrolls.” Why are the farmers excluded?

BLS surveys show the US labor force has roughly 155 million “wage and salary” workers in all sectors. That means the gig workforce is 36% of the size of the labor force in more traditional jobs.

The U.S. Department of Labor's website is not responding and producer price data for March that was scheduled for release on Friday at 8:30 a.m. (1230 GMT) was not yet available for publishing.