While there’s no indication the data has been rigged (assertions from the White House aside) – or will be rigged in the future – the White House’s nomination of a partisan to lead the government’s ...

Donald Trump’s pick to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics doesn’t have to manipulate any numbers to undermine the reliability ...

At the moment, the American economy feels a little bit like a hot August afternoon. The air is heavy and still, as lightning ...

An economic indicator refers to data, usually at the macroeconomic scale, that is used to gauge the health or growth trends of a nation's economy, or of a specific industry sector.

What happens when people stop trusting their government's economic data? Planet Money's Mary Childs reports on what happened in Greece.

We may already live in the post-truth world, but are we about to enter the era of post-truth statistics? Each month, the US ...

Leaders like Donald Trump and Chinese president Xi Jinping want the vibes of a good economy—and now.

What Trump's moves might mean for California ...

What happens when people stop trusting their government's economic data? Planet Money reports on what happened in Greece.

The index has risen nearly 50% since then as consistently strong economic data – job growth and lower inflation – has helped drive optimism that a soft landing is more likely.

Earlier this month President Trump fired Erika McEntarfer, the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after a monthly jobs report that showed significant softening of the labor market. His nominee ...