the Shutdown Has Cut Off Key Data Guiding the Fed
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The inflation report helps the Federal Reserve make rate change decisions, but the shutdown has interrupted data gathering.
The September CPI report will command full attention from financial markets, even as some investors will view the data with a skeptical eye.
The loss of data has been extensive, and the consequences will be devastating to everything from Social Security to climate change.
The White House said on Friday it had learned there likely will not be a release of inflation data next month due to the U.S. government shutdown, which could leave a gap in a data series stretching back more than a century.
With the agency no longer collecting emissions data from polluting companies, attention is turning to whether climate NGOs have the tools—and legal right—to fulfill this EPA function.
The Consumer Price Index rose 3 percent from a year earlier, a slight acceleration. The report was delayed because of the government shutdown, and the White House said it was unlikely to release inflation data next month.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has opened the 2024 EEO-1 data-collection cycle and set Tuesday, June 24, 2025, as the filing deadline for submissions. According to the EEOC, this year’s reporting window is shorter than in prior ...
A coalition led by the American Council on Education said the proposal would overly burden colleges and raise student privacy concerns.
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR), a 50-year mental-health industry watchdog, is urging legislators to ensure that policy decisions