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

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