There is a growing unease amongst analysts and economists about the impact that the Trump Administration is having on the quality of data reported by the (until recently) generally trustworthy statistical agencies, such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the Treasury Department, and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Prior to the autumn of 2025, this unease stemmed primarily from the US administration’s actions toward the leadership of these agencies, their independent standing within the federal government, budgets, and the signals being sent by the senior administration officials as to the state of the statistical data collection. Since September…

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