... unemployment rate is based on more concrete data, however, he said. According to the Web site of the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, the overall unemployment rate is based on several factors, including a monthly survey of 60,000 households ...

... grew by only 0.1 percent each in January and February and was flat in March. That's according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. For the first quarter of this year, 43 percent of hospitals said they expected to lose money, up from ...

... encouraging as Arkansas employment growth trailed the U.S. average by almost half. According to the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, nonfarm payroll employment in Arkansas increased by just 0.42 percent in 2007, compared to the national ...

... s strike is the second-largest public walkout since 1990, said Michael Cimini, an economist with the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. About 47,000 county workers in Los Angeles joined a job action last year. National Guard troops have ...

... economic policies, tax reform and educational accountability and competition. It gathered the data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics and the state Employment Security Department. Its board consists of what I'd call extreme business conservatives ...