Key Takeaways An index of consumer sentiment hit an all-time low Friday even as other indicators about the health of the ...

Next week, the Federal Open Market Committee will assemble to determine the future direction of interest rates. Analysts expect the Fed to lower the rate by another quarter-point, after a ...

After six weeks of a government shutdown, federal economic data will once again begin flowing this week. On Thursday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the monthly jobs report for September ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It remains to be seen how federal statistical agencies may fare under President Donald Trump, who has criticized economic data and ...

The Federal Reserve meets on Tuesday to consider lowering interest rates amid a dearth of government economic data due to the government shutdown. There was an inflation report last Friday, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how to drive more value with data and analytics. When President Trump fired Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) ...

On Friday, Donald Trump fired Erika McEntarfer, the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the crime of doing her job. Earlier that day, the BLS had released new jobs numbers that showed anemic ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown that began Wednesday will deprive policymakers and investors of economic data vital to their decision-making at a time of unusual uncertainty about the ...

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