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Mortgage rates fell to their lowest levels since March because job growth has been surprisingly weak this summer.
How exactly does the BLS assemble the critical jobs report? And what is the commissioner’s role? Here’s what we know.
Fed Governor Lisa Cook said that the weak July jobs report and large downward revisions suggest the U.S. economy could be at ...
The president attempted to tell a different story about the U.S. economy than what the latest job report revealed. President ...
A top official at the Federal Reserve is saying that this month's stunning, weaker-than-expected report on the U.S. job ...
Response rates to government surveys have plummeted since COVID, but experts say that doesn't mean the numbers are wrong ...
The U.S. economy added 73,000 jobs in July, which is fewer than expected, as the unemployment rate increased to 4.2%.
Nguyen said sure, the report showed the labor market was weaker than he’d thought. But, he said, “the data actually reaffirms ...
Thousands of invisible, far-reaching decisions flow from the stream of reports the BLS compiles. When faith in the government ...
He does himself and his party no favors by waving away economic reality—as Biden did with inflation.
President Donald Trump has a pattern of dismissing or altering data that reflects poorly on him. During his first term, the ...
The Canadian dollar edged lower against its U.S. counterpart on Thursday, pulling back from an earlier 10-day high, as oil ...