How exactly does the BLS assemble the critical jobs report? And what is the commissioner’s role? Here’s what we know.

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

A much smaller group of a dozen or fewer people then prepare the employment report. They lock the numbers into the BLS system and on the Wednesday before the report is published, the commissioner is ...

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook said the significant downward revisions to the monthly jobs numbers could point to an ...

PROVIDENCE — US Senator Jack Reed is calling for a special investigation into President Trump’s abrupt firing of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics following a weaker-than-expected ...

President Donald Trump has summoned reporters to the Oval Office to present charts that he says shows the economy is solid.

The article Weekly Mortgage Rates Plunge After Bad Jobs Report originally appeared on NerdWallet.

Revisions are a normal part of the jobs report process. After the report comes out, revisions are later released to include additional information not available at the time of the initial release. For ...

Mortgage rates have decreased this week, reaching an average of 6.75%, the lowest since April. Bankrate reported this drop, highlighting its connection to recent weak job rating numbers.