Stubborn inflation inches higher, despite Trump’s false claims about the economy

Just one day after the president boasted, “No Inflation!!!” Americans were confronted with fresh economic evidence that showed just how wrong he was. Read More

Another Economic Scandal Is Brewing That Trump Must Confront

The scandal is that for political reasons this metric is buried by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). You have to dig deep to find it in the statistical bowels of this agency. The BEA refuses to ... Read More

'Very bad': CNN's data chief shows majority of Americans view Trump's economy as 'weak'

A strong majority of Americans say the Trump economy is getting worse not better, and a near-majority say jobs and the economy are on the wrong track. The just-released jobs report supports Americans’ ... Read More

With Trump taking aim at government economic data, what other sources can businesses turn to?

There are private firms that offer specialized economic data, but they're not always as comprehensive as government sources. Read More

What is stagflation, and is it coming back?

With inflation rising and hiring slowing, a dreaded word is back in the conversation: “stagflation.” Widely seen as a nightmare economic scenario, it’s the rare double blow of rising prices and weak ... Read More

What would happen if America started faking its economic data? Here’s what happened when other countries did it

But while Greece famously faked its way into the European Union and Argentina to this day remains embroiled in legal fights over its own sham numbers, there key differences here: The US economy is the ... Read More

Trump’s economy hasn’t blown up under tariffs as many predicted. Is he really proving the naysayers wrong?

Both President Trump and his critics have described America’s ongoing trade war as a major overhaul of the global economy. However, we’re now several months into this volatile conflict and the impact ... Read More

There's A Way To Make Economic Data More Accurate, But You're Not Going To Like It

President Donald Trump's nominee for top statistician has a way for the government to avoid revising its previously published data, but it would leave the government, companies, and the public in the ... Read More

Economy 'On the Brink' of Recession by End of Year, Moody's Economist Warns

In an interview with Newsweek, Mark Zandi outlined the risks to the U.S. economy and how it could skirt—or slip into—a downturn. Read More