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There’s a frenzy in Washington over the accuracy of a key measure of U.S. inflation. Here’s what’s happening.
Is the best-known U.S. inflation report becoming less accurate because of the Trump administration’s hiring freeze? The ...
US Labor Department reducing CPI collection sample amid hiring freeze
The U.S. Labor Department's economic statistics arm said on Wednesday it was reducing the Consumer Price Index collection ...
Economists Raise Questions About Quality of U.S. Inflation Data
The Labor Department says staffing shortages reduced its ability to conduct its massive monthly survey, forcing it to turn to ...
Skimping on Inflation Data Is Not Worth the Risk
A hiring freeze that impedes the Bureau of Labor Statistics may cost Americans a lot more than the government saves.
Inflation rate rose by 2.3% in April, CPI report shows. Here's what the data means.
The CPI report was cooler than expected, although inflation is still higher than the Federal Reserve's 2% annual goal.
UK April inflation overstated because of car tax error, UK statistics agency says
The statistics body on Thursday released revised data, showing CPI rose instead by 3.4% in the 12 months to April.
Tariffs Are Already Creeping Into US Economic Data
It will be a few months until we see the full effect, but they are starting to show in measures of inflation, retail sales ...
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US inflation data threatened by government hiring freeze as tariffs loom
The Labor Department has cut back on the inflation data it collects because of the Trump administration's government hiring freeze, raising concerns among economists about the quality of the inflation ...