U.S. data quality has been declining for years—now Trump’s cutbacks are leading economists to question its figures

fortune.com/2025/06/13/bls-data-federal-reserve-cpi-employment

A key federal agency is increasingly publishing less accurate inflation data thanks in part to a hiring freeze issued by the Trump administration in January. The Bureau of Labor Statistics, which is a part of the Labor Department, is increasingly relying on data collection methods that…

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