The ranks of U.S. government statisticians have been gutted in the past year due to layoffs and buyouts. That along with diminished funding and attacks on their independence have put at risk the data ...

In a time of great economic uncertainty, President Donald Trump’s administration quietly took a step last week that could create even more: Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick disbanded the Federal ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics remains without a permanent leader. President Donald Trump fired commissioner Erika McEntarfer on Aug. 1, and claimed that the monthly jobs numbers were “rigged” to make ...

Accurate statistics about the American economy are essential, but President Donald Trump has now made it clear that if the statistics are not to his liking, he will fire the officials responsible for ...

To most Americans, Government statistics are meaningless, dust-dry columns of astronomical figures printed in small type in dull pamphlets. Few citizens actually read the figures, but not one is ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Accurate statistics about the American economy are essential, but President Donald ...