After six weeks of a government shutdown, federal economic data will once again begin flowing this week. On Thursday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the monthly jobs report for September ...

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said next week’s lighter earnings calendar will put the focus on key economic data.

Free government data lowers the cost of academic research, but it can also divert talented people from more productive work ...

The Federal Reserve meets on Tuesday to consider lowering interest rates amid a dearth of government economic data due to the government shutdown. There was an inflation report last Friday, the ...

Economic data releases that have lagged during the government shutdown likely will take some time to get rolling again once Congress is back in business. Assuming the government reopens before the end ...

Economic stories are often built on data. This information can shape how the public understands financial conditions, government policy and business performance. But in our data-saturated information ...

A barrage of post-shutdown data this week has left economists with more questions than answers about the state of the U.S. economy. Unemployment rose to a 4-year high in November, inflation improved ...

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U.S. Treasury yields were little changed on Friday as investors continued to face an economic data blackout amid the U.S. government shutdown. The 10-year Treasury yield was flat at 4.093%. The 2-year ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how to drive more value with data and analytics. When President Trump fired Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) ...

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 ...

On Friday, Donald Trump fired Erika McEntarfer, the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the crime of doing her job. Earlier that day, the BLS had released new jobs numbers that showed anemic ...