Photo by Alexey Demidov Aaron R. Williams and Claire McKay Bowen Deciphering the economy is difficult even under ideal circumstances. “Monetary policy is like driving while looking through the rearview mirror” is a popular expression… Driving While Looking Through a Shattered Rearview Mirror
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Quick Summary of the Report The federal statistical system has been struggling with budget constraints for several years. In the first six months of 2025 threats to the integrity of the system increased substantially, including… 2025 Data Integrity Summit Report
The moment many of us in the public data community have feared has come to pass: the President has fired the head of a federal statistical agency because the data are politically inconvenient. Today President… APDU Statement on Firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Commissioner