Partisan standoff threatens crucial economic data, leaving Fed — and families — in the dark

The Labor Department plans to suspend all Bureau of Labor Statistics operations during a potential government shutdown, halting key economic data releases.

Shutdown would halt jobs report, key economic data amid recession fears

The federal government will stop producing key economic data if government funding elapses Wednesday, depriving policymakers and investors of crucial information amid deep concerns about the job ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

Federal Reserve cuts interest rates amid economic uncertainty

The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate for the first time this year, dropping it by a quarter point. The change could have an impact on many lending rates and the Fed suggested two more ...

US Federal Reserve cuts rates to boost economy

The Fed announced a quarter-point interest rate cut on Wednesday. Two additional quarter-point cuts are expected at upcoming Fed meetings in October and December, depending on economic data released ...

Why Bureau of Labor Statistics model might not be able to explain US economy

The Labor Department’s Office of Inspector General said an investigation of the Bureau of Labor Statistics will focus on reports of monthly inflation and jobs data. There have been multiple ...
Opinion

Federal Reserve Chair Powell explains what’s wrong with Trump’s economy: “Job creation has dropped very sharply”

The head of the Fed has had a public feud with Donald Trump ever since the latter returned to power and decided to act like the school bully who drops down a year after failing their exams and now has ...

US economy grew faster than expected in the second quarter

The U.S. economy's GDP grew at a 3.8% rate in the second quarter following the latest revision after the economy recorded a 0.5% contraction in the first quarter.

Govt. shutdown would suspend BLS, delay key labor data

President Trump is calling together congressional leaders for a meeting on Monday in order to avert a possible government shutdown ahead of the September 30 deadline. This shutdown could delay the ...

Stocks are lower because of strong economic data that adds doubts to Fed rate-cuts hopes

Stronger-than-expected U.S. economic data, including around consumer-spending, has been putting a dent in expectations for Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts this year, said Antho ...
Business Insider

IRSA: U.S. Economy Shows Stronger-Than-Expected Resilience: Professor Lingyun Xiang on Growth Drivers and Global Strategic Opportunities

New York, Sept. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In an exclusive interview with the International Relations Study Association(IRSA), Professor Lingyun Xiang, a U.S.-based economist specializing in ...

Fed will look at the economic data very carefully before October meeting, Powell says

The U.S. central bank will look at all of the incoming data it can find when it meets again in October to set interest rates, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said. "We'll be looking at the data ...