The Economy Is Growing. So Why Are Workers Getting Less of It Than Ever?

Workers are now receiving just 53.7% of U.S. economic output — the lowest labor share since 1947. New BLS data shows ...

First-quarter GDP growth revised down to 1.6% rate

The economy grew at an inflation-adjusted 1.6% annual rate in the first quarter, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported ...
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Job Growth Beats Forecasts Despite Stalling Labor Market, Shrinking GDP Under Trump

Job growth moderately beat expectations in April, but was slightly down from the month before, as recession worries loom due to President Donald Trump's trade agenda. The US economy added 177,000 jobs ...

Commentary: Will AI bludgeon job markets or just some of the numbers?

Hardly a day passes without new announcements of high-tech and other layoffs attributed to the AI economy’s ability to ...
Marketplace

With Trump taking aim at government economic data, what other sources can businesses turn to?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics remains without a permanent leader. President Donald Trump fired commissioner Erika McEntarfer on Aug. 1, and claimed that the monthly jobs numbers were “rigged” to make ...
The New York Times

Cuts to Data Collection May Erode Reliability of Economic Statistics

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is reducing or ending the collection of data that is used to calculate the Consumer Price Index. By Ben Casselman Federal Reserve policymakers have stressed that their ...