“If we don’t know what the quality of the data will be. Well, that’s uncertainty. That’s risky,” says Columbia finance professor Laura Veldkamp. There aren’t a whole lot of economic data releases on ...

“Flying blind amidst heavy fog is a dangerous proposition,” one economist said about the risks of a lapse in official statistics. By Ben Casselman The monthly jobs report on Friday is expected to ...

U.S. government economic data has long been the gold standard in economic information around the world, but it’s far from the only option out there. Private companies collect economic data from the ...

The government shutdown delayed the Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report, “arguably the most important piece of information” for the Federal Reserve to review before its meeting at the end of the ...

Economists expect the December CPI inflation report to show price growth remained elevated and cautioned it may have a ...

One of the effects of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history has been a loss of critical economic data about inflation and jobs. The Bureau of Labor Statistics saw its work slow and then stop ...

Jobs and inflation data will be released late and with caveats, complicating the Federal Reserve’s interest rate deliberations. By Ben Casselman and Rebecca Davis O’Brien The government shutdown is ...