The Latest Breaking News from BLS

Companies and investors are scrambling for alternatives to the data put out by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The data is crucial to figuring out the annual Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment, or COLA.

“Our big year won’t be really next year—it’ll be the year after,” Trump told reporters recently.

Data was collected for closely-watched jobs report before shutdown, but Trump officials so far defy calls to publish it

Interpreting economic data is challenging on a good day—harder still when crucial reports go missing.

On Tuesday, the White House withdrew E.J. Antoni's nomination to run the BLS.

As the U.S. government shutdown suspends Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data releases, including the critical September jobs report scheduled for Friday, the Chicago Fed has stepped in with a final real-time forecast, predicting a steady unemployment rate of 4.34% for September 2025, based on 11 job market indicators.

Warren's push comes despite a contingency plan from the Labor Department making clear that BLS would suspend both data collection and publication during a funding lapse.

Planning for resilience has become a strategy for survival.