Quarterly earnings give investors and the public regular snapshots of how business is going. But President Trump wants to see fewer of those reports. Plus, the Federal Reserve kicks off a two-day meeting on interest rates.
President Trump wants companies to stop reporting earnings every quarter, and do it just twice a year instead. But he isn't the first to suggest a pared-down reporting schedule.
We'll discuss what to make of how the Bureau of Labor Statistics collects data on jobs and inflation, as well as the doubts cast on BLS under the second Trump administration.