BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

Bureau of Labor Statistics.An independent agency in the U.S. Department of Labor responsible for compiling and analyzing statistical information on employment and the economy. • The Bureau reports on employment, unemployment, consumer and producer prices, consumer expenditures, import and export prices, wages and employee benefits, productivity and technological change, employment projections, and occupational illness and injury. — Abbr. BLS.[Blacks Law 8th]