Several government agencies that release economic data are still catching up on their data releases. Consequently, economic ...

The cutbacks would have “minimal impact,” the government said, but economists warned of reduced confidence in inflation data produced by a struggling statistical system. By Ben Casselman The Bureau of ...

Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter. He's written hundreds of articles breaking down complex financial topics in plain language, emphasizing the impact that economic ...

WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. Labor Department's economic statistics arm said on Wednesday it was reducing the Consumer Price Index collection sample in areas across the country due to ...

Investors have been navigating an increasingly hazy outlook for the U.S. economy, as surveys of consumer sentiment have appeared to clash with so-called hard data regarding the state of the labor ...

Discover how coincident indicators reflect current economic conditions, their role in analyzing business cycles, and their impact on understanding economic trends.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The office of the Labor Department's inspector general said on Wednesday it was initiating a review of challenges the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) faces in collecting and ...

One of the effects of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history has been a loss of critical economic data about inflation and jobs. The Bureau of Labor Statistics saw its work slow and then stop ...

The third possibility is the most intriguing: Both data sets are broadly correct. G.D.P. really is booming — but it is being ...

What matters more: actual economic performance or the perception of it? Fundamentals clearly influence public opinion: if the economy is growing rapidly, people tend to notice. Yet perception can both ...

Headlines blared about the healthy job market on Friday as a report said employers added 272,000 new jobs in May. Those new workers surpassed economists' predictions by thousands of jobs. But the May ...

Economic stories are often built on data. This information can shape how the public understands financial conditions, government policy and business performance. But in our data-saturated information ...