U.S. GDP data look strong, but labor market seems weak. How key economists make sense of the mixed signals.

U.S. GDP data look strong, but labor market seems weak. How key economists make sense of the mixed signals. O n the surface, ...

Inflation, Economic Growth to Highlight Week’s Data

Interest rates are headed down, but the question may be whether that is enough to offset weakness in the labor market.

The Economy Is Turning Into a Black Box

Sophisticated private sources could provide a fuller picture of the state of the economy. But the government is not even ...
City Journal

Why Is Economic Data Disappearing?

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 ...

Deutsche Bank says AI spending may be propping up the whole economy, but there are big questions about what comes next

AI capex is mainly going toward data centers and key infrastructure, but there are questions arising about what will happen ...

The jobs reports were revised down by 911,000. What does it say about the economy?

U.S. employers added nearly a million fewer workers than previously believed, according to a Labor Department report out Sept ...

What to Expect in Markets This Week: Inflation Data; Fed Speakers; Earnings from Micron, Costco

PCE inflation data; Federal Reserve speakers: home sales data; consumer sentiment; earnings from Micron, Costco, AutoZone, ...

What is the Fed's outlook for interest rate cuts, inflation and jobs for the remainder of the year?

Federal Reserve policymakers projected inflation will rise to 3% in 2025 while unemployment will reach 4.5% as the central ...
LAist

Politicized data?

President Donald Trump recently fired Erika McEntarfer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, because he didn’t like a jobs report. But the unemployment numbers and other government data that ...