Politicians Manipulating Statistics: How they Do it and How to Oppose Them Michael Billig & Cristina Marinho Cambridge Univ. Press (2025) “What an odd topic — surely you don’t suppose that politicians ...

President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after the July jobs report showed little growth. WSJ’s Chief Economics Commentator Greg Ip explains ...

President Donald Trump was fuming about the July jobs report signaling a significant slowdown in the economy when he recalled one of his simmering resentments: the statistician overseeing the ...