The Labor Department plans to suspend all Bureau of Labor Statistics operations during a potential government shutdown, ...

The federal government will stop producing key economic data if government funding elapses Wednesday, depriving policymakers and investors of crucial information amid deep concerns about the job ...

The agency's Bureau of Labor Statistics would suspend operations if the U.S. government shuts down this week, potentially ...

Sophisticated private sources could provide a fuller picture of the state of the economy. But the government is not even ...

A looming government shutdown could delay the release of the crucial September jobs report, which is shaping up to be an ...

Government shutdowns can be are often political earthquakes that paralyze Washington, DC. But for the economy, shutdowns are often barely a blip.

The economic impact of a government shutdown depends on its duration, economists say. Some payments, like Social Security, would continue to be issued.

What matters more: actual economic performance or the perception of it? Fundamentals clearly influence public opinion: if the economy is growing rapidly, people tend to notice. Yet perception can both ...

U.S. employers added nearly a million fewer workers than previously believed, according to a Labor Department report out Sept ...

Interest rates are headed down, but the question may be whether that is enough to offset weakness in the labor market.

Jerome Powell’s Fed faces labor market weakness as Wall Street bets on rate cuts, with Jeremy Siegel and Goldman Sachs backing easing ahead.