Below, Gene Ludwig shares five key insights from his new book, The Mismeasurement of America: How Outdated Government Statistics Mask the Economic Struggle of Everyday Americans. Americans keep ...

The Commerce Department has abolished two statistical advisory committees within an agency responsible for compiling vital US economic data such as gross domestic product and the Federal Reserve’s ...

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 ...

The Trump administration stands on the cusp of something potentially transformative. If President Trump succeeds in unleashing a new era of energy abundance and securing America’s leadership in ...

Assessments of the world’s economies may be off by trillions of dollars. The existing metrics for GDP, consumer prices, productivity, and the like are struggling to match the rapid pace of change in ...

Every month, the federal government serves up a steady diet of economic reports on everything from the price of groceries to the unemployment rate. These reports are closely followed: They can move ...

At a cost of less than one-tenth of one percent of the federal budget, government statistical agencies provide invaluable information that informs millions of decisions made by Americans every day.

Domenico Giannone, an internationally recognized thought leader in econometrics and macroeconomic forecasting, is searching for innovative methods to better understand the complexities of global ...

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 ...

The president and his GOP cronies want to tamper with government statistics and use deceptive budget gimmicks to lie about the impact of their massive tax and budget cuts. The one-sentence ...

Reading the economy’s signals can often be bewildering, especially in an election year. Consumer sentiment is down, but economic statistics remain relatively strong. The stock market is regularly ...