Trump official floats new approach on GDP, as economy poised to slow sharply
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick wants to separate government spending from GDP, which economists worry could lead to cherry ...
Commerce Secretary’s Comments Raise Fears of Interference in Federal Data
Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, suggested government spending should be excluded from data about U.S. economic output ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat16h
The Trump administration may exclude government spending from GDP, obscuring the impact of DOGE cuts
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says he could take government spending out of his agency's reports on gross domestic ...
Marketplace17h
What if the U.S. just deleted government spending from GDP?
Government spending is tied up with consumer and business spending. Not reporting it as part of GDP would breach global accounting standards.
New Republic20hOpinion
DNC Announces New Leaders—Except They’re Not All That New at All
The Democratic National Committee will be led by many of the same people who oversaw the party’s crushing defeat to Donald ...
thedeepdive22h
Cooking the Books? Lutnick Suggests ‘Messing With The GDP’
The US administration will redefine how the government calculates gross domestic product, a move that critics warn could ...
New Republic22hOpinion
USAID Official Ousted While Writing Scathing Memo on Trump Cuts
Nicholas Enrich was preparing a third damning memo on Donald Trump and Marco Rubio’s cuts to USAID before he was forced out.