https://www.scmp.com/rss/522852/feed The latest news and top stories on Bureau of Labour Statistics. A prominent US-based governmental body, the Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS) is the principal statistical agency of the US federal government. Headquartered in Suitland Maryland, the BLS is dedicated to measuring labour market activity, working conditions, price changes and productivity in the US economy. Its main areas of focus include collecting processing analysing and disseminating essential statistical data. The BLS publishes... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Reuters Reuters US job growth slowed more than expected in December amid business caution about hiring because of import tariffs and rising artificial intelligence ‌investment, but the unemployment rate dipped to 4.4 per cent, supporting expectations the Federal Reserve would leave interest rates unchanged ‍this month. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 50,000 jobs last month after rising by a downwardly revised 56,000 in November, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said on Friday. Economists... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3339399/us-job-growth-slows-amid-ai-boom-and-tariff-caution-fed-likely-hold-rates-steady?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3339399/us-job-growth-slows-amid-ai-boom-and-tariff-caution-fed-likely-hold-rates-steady?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 Jan 2026 14:47:05 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg The October jobs report will be released without a reading of the unemployment rate, President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser said on Thursday. “The household survey wasn’t conducted in October, so we’re going to get half the employment report,” National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said on Fox News. “We’ll get the jobs part, but we won’t get the unemployment rate, and that’ll just be for one month.” The October jobs report, originally scheduled for publication by the Bureau of... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3332706/no-october-unemployment-rate-available-due-shutdown-hassett-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3332706/no-october-unemployment-rate-available-due-shutdown-hassett-says?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:15:12 +0000 Frank Tang Frank Tang The prolonged US federal government shutdown has been affecting the release of key data that policymakers need to assess the trade war’s effects and gauge price and labour market trends, further complicating ongoing rate decision disputes between US President Donald Trump and the Federal Reserve. Speaking at the Brookings Institution on Monday, US Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook joined other colleagues to warn how the lack of government data has challenged their decision-making at the US... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3331545/us-government-shutdown-stops-flow-key-economic-data-latest-impact-trumps-tariffs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3331545/us-government-shutdown-stops-flow-key-economic-data-latest-impact-trumps-tariffs?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:26:53 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The White House said on Friday it had begun mass lay-offs of federal workers as US President Donald Trump sought to amp up pressure on opposition Democrats to end a government shutdown that has crippled public services. With the crisis set to go into a third week and no off-ramp in sight, Trump’s budget chief Russ Vought confirmed on social media that the administration had begun following through on its threat to begin firing some of the 750,000 public servants placed on enforced leave. The... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3328609/substantial-shutdown-firings-have-begun-white-house-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3328609/substantial-shutdown-firings-have-begun-white-house-says?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 Oct 2025 18:07:59 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Friday requiring companies to pay US$100,000 per year for H-1B worker visas, potentially dealing a big blow to the technology sector that relies heavily on skilled workers from India and China. His administration also launched a website for a visa programme for the wealthy, in an effort to encourage the rich to immigrate to the US by offering residency permits for a hefty price tag. Individuals can pay US$1 million to receive US residency with... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326223/trump-add-us100000-fee-h-1b-visas-latest-crackdown?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326223/trump-add-us100000-fee-h-1b-visas-latest-crackdown?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Sep 2025 19:10:56 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press US employers added just 22,000 jobs last month as the labour market continued to cool under uncertainty over President Donald Trump’s economic policies. The Labor Department said on Friday that hiring decelerated from 79,000 in July and came in below the roughly 80,000 economists had expected for August. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3 per cent, also worse than expected and the highest level since 2021, the Labor Department reported on Friday. When the department put out a disappointing... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324561/hiring-stalls-us-firms-hold-back-expansion-amid-economic-uncertainty?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324561/hiring-stalls-us-firms-hold-back-expansion-amid-economic-uncertainty?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Sep 2025 13:40:45 +0000 David Dodwell David Dodwell Who before this month had ever heard of Erika McEntarfer, the career statistician who toiled quietly and uncontroversially at the heart of the US data-gathering machine, for 20 years at the Census Bureau and more recently as head of the Bureau of Labour Statistics? Who except US President Donald Trump could have sought to create a firestorm out of dull labour statistics, accusing McEntarfer of rigging jobs numbers to contradict his narrative of a robustly recovering economy, and making an... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3322690/trump-isnt-first-leader-be-paranoid-about-economic-data?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3322690/trump-isnt-first-leader-be-paranoid-about-economic-data?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Aug 2025 12:30:07 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US President Donald Trump on Monday picked a right-wing think tank economist to head the Bureau of Labour Statistics, replacing the commissioner he fired for reducing previously reported job growth estimates. Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform that he was nominating E.J. Antoni to be commissioner of the bureau. “Our Economy is booming, and E.J. will ensure that the Numbers released are HONEST and ACCURATE,” Trump said in the post. “I know E.J. Antoni will do an incredible job in... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3321536/trump-picks-heritage-foundation-economist-head-us-labour-statistics-bureau?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3321536/trump-picks-heritage-foundation-economist-head-us-labour-statistics-bureau?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Aug 2025 05:28:53 +0000