An expansionary budget bill, rapidly shifting tariff rates, and attempts to influence interest rates will benefit certain interests. But is the average American really one of them?

President Donald Trump is making a concerted effort to put MAGA loyalists in charge of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ...

One of President Donald Trump’s top economic advisers strongly suggested Wednesday that an economic report was “manipulated politically” to help Barack Obama win reelection in 2012. Kevin Hassett, ...

In case you had any doubt that it’s Donald “Economy Butcher” Trump who’s really trying to rig the economic numbers.

Thousands of invisible, far-reaching decisions flow from the stream of reports the BLS compiles. When faith in the government ...

The U.S. economy is teetering on the edge of recession, according to Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, who ...

President Obama crushed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election with or without the Bureau of Labor Statistics report, but there's never a bad day for a new conspiracy promoted by the Trump ...

The BLS jobs survey is widely considered by economists to be robust. It samples more than 100,000 businesses and government ...

The former labor secretary calls Bureau of Labor Statistics “crown jewel” of government efforts to explain the economy.

In the 21st century, U.S. economic data has become embedded in the life of the nation. It determines increases in Social Security benefits for retirees, influences the purchases of auto and home ...

Firing Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer will taint any future jobs numbers coming from the agency, ...

Upper-class retirees ages 75 and over often spend $10K+ monthly -- far above the $53K average. Despite high spending, many ...