Romney, GOP downplay positive jobs report Jobs report: Unemployment rate drops to 7.8 percent In an appearance on CNBC, Solis called Welch's comments "ludicrous." "BLS is not manipulating data.

When spread through the prior year, the average monthly job gain from April 2023 through March 2024 was 173,500 versus nearly 242,000, an analysis of BLS data shows.

However, the BLS added 377,000 jobs, the second largest July adjustment on record, to account for individuals being laid of from auto manufacturers who typically shut down in the summers to retool ...

“BLS employees are very dedicated,” Hatch Maxfield said, and some are working swing shifts, logging on at 6 am or staying on late until 8 pm, to accommodate their day-to-day lives.

Friday, March 7, 2025 This morning’s all-important Employment Situation report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is out for the month of February. A headline number of +151K is ...

"Boffo BLS Data Jumps Jobs #s!" That's how Variety magazine might headline Friday's unemployment data, were it in the reporting-on-business business. And at first glance, Variety would only be ...

By Paul Solman "Boffo BLS Data Jumps Jobs #s!" That's how Variety magazine might headline Friday's unemployment data, were it in the reporting-on-business business. And at first glance, Variety ...

Here’s an example of what’s been going on behind the scenes at Census, which compiles statistics for the monthly jobs report that BLS will release Friday at 8:30 a.m.