Don't Let Government Hoard Boardwalk: Why Open Data Needs Market Signals

Agency experts cannot always know which datasets will spark innovation, drive economic activity or solve real problems ...
Nature

AI is transforming the economy — understanding its impact requires both data and imagination

Daniel Björkegren is an assistant professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University, New York City, New York, USA. How will artificial intelligence reshape the global economy? Some ...
Forbes

How Companies Are Entering Data's Next Act: From Asset To Revenue

If you’ve been in business long enough, you’ve seen plenty of "the next big thing." But when it comes to data, the hype turned out to be real. Back in the 2000s, data was all about dashboards, ...
CNN

Dept. of Labor launches investigation into data collection process at BLS

The Department of Labor is initiating an investigation into how the Bureau of Labor Statistics collects and reports “closely watched economic data,” according to a letter the department’s Assistant ...
The Conversation

Fed lowers interest rates as it struggles to assess state of US economy without key ...

When it comes to setting monetary policy for the world’s largest economy, what data drives decision-making? In ordinary times, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and voting members of the Federal ...
CNN

What this week’s jobs data could reveal about the US economy

The November jobs report is landing at an odd time – on a Tuesday in mid-December, instead of (what’s usually) the first Friday of the month – due to the lingering impact of the historically long ...