Yesterday, the president of the United States appeared without explanation on the roof of the White House, walked aimlessly ...

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Moody's chief economist Mark Zandi warned that the U.S. economy is on the precipice of recession as weak jobs data and rising inflation complicate the Federal Reserve's policy moves.

The other key release that is published by the BLS is the consumer price index that’s published about two to three weeks into the month following, and it is the basis for the inflation gauge that the ...

In normal times, the first Friday of the month brings a routine tranche of government data known as the monthly jobs report.

The July jobs report released last Friday wasn’t pretty. It showed weaker than anticipated U.S. job growth in July, and there were substantial downward revisions of jobs numbers for May and June as ...

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 ...

President Trump is right to raise doubts about the motivations of the government officials tasked with collecting and ...

Trump’s attempt to bury unflattering information serves as a diversion from what could be a looming economic storm. Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, says that he believes the “economy ...

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

Firing the BLS director was an overreaction. And last week’s data had both good and bad news for Donald Trump and his ...

President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics last week and described a jobs report that included a big ...