The New York Times

Cuts to Data Collection May Erode Reliability of Economic Statistics

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is reducing or ending the collection of data that is used to calculate the Consumer Price Index. By Ben Casselman Federal Reserve policymakers have stressed that their ...
NPR

As USDA begins gathering data on food stamp recipients, it widens its ask of states

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is telling states to begin turning over sensitive data on applicants to the food assistance program previously known as food stamps. The agency has recently expanded ...
NPR

Why some economists are worried about U.S. inflation data

Staffing shortages have forced the U.S. federal government to scale back the price checks it uses to calculate the inflation rate. Economists are warning that could lead to less accurate ...
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Trump administration stops collecting data on food insecurity: "Politicized and unnecessary"

Washington DC - President Donald Trump's administration announced Saturday it was canceling an annual US food insecurity survey, claiming it had become "overly politicized." "The US Department of ...