The Bureau of Labor Statistics is no longer gathering data from parts of New York, Nebraska, and Utah.

Although overall inflation has been high since the pandemic hit, some consumer goods and services have stagnated or gone down in price over the last five to six years.

Experts say low job growth is the predictable result of immigration and tariff policies.

Just 30% of respondents did some form of socializing on an average day in 2024 — down 8% from a decade ago.

A proposed rule affecting federal workers “opens the door” for reporting data in ways that don’t align with established norms.

If the rule goes into effect, it could be harder for economists at the Bureau of Labor Statistics — who are anxious about losing their jobs — to deliver bad news.

The “official” rate only counts unemployed people who have looked in the last four weeks. Five other rates track other kinds of unemployment.

One reason for all the part-time work is the instability in the broader economy, one expert says.

The two groups, which existed for decades, gave expert advice to federal data scientists and played a role in government transparency.

“If we think about the ways that companies collect data, it ranges so widely from different company,” said George Washington University’s Tara Sinclair. “That’s why it’s so important that we have government statistical agencies.”