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Kathryn Anne Edwards

Manipulating a report such as the Current Population Survey would be difficult. It’s more likely that the government will just stop publishing the data to the same level of detail as before.
THE BOTTOM LINE

Statistics and politics are a dangerous mix

There are two threats currently facing government data agencies: inadequate funding and political interference

The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s widely followed index of the economy in real time has turned negative., while the Conference Board and the University of Michigan both report steep declines in consumer confidence.

The coming US recession will be self-inflicted

The looming economic contraction will be unique in post-war America as the first directly caused by White House policy

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