Governments have used many indicators to help citizens and policymakers understand the state of their national economies for decades: unemployment, home sales, inflation, and industrial output are all ...

Every month, the federal government serves up a steady diet of economic reports on everything from the price of groceries to the unemployment rate. These reports are closely followed: They can move ...

The disbanding of committees that consulted on government data — and comments from a senior official about changing how GDP is calculated —... How reliable is the government's economic data? Under ...