Donald Trump’s cuts to US government raise worries over economic data quality

Donald Trump’s cuts to US government raise worries over economic data quality

America’s ‘gold standard’ statistics are closely scrutinised by investors, policymakers and researchers

Trump cuts threaten a measurement lab critical for advanced chips and medical devices

The Atomic Spectroscopy Group provides standardized measurements used across wide swaths of science and industry. The Trump administration plans to cut it.

What Happens When US Economic Data Can’t Be Trusted?

With Donald Trump firing independent regulators and killing off advisory committees, data on the world’s largest economy may be next.

The Trump White House’s attack on official data is also an attack on democracy

The Trump administration has unleashed a wave of attacks on official statistics, including the census, GDP and Social Security information

Trump Admin Plans to Cut Team Responsible for Critical Atomic Measurement Data

As the Trump administration continues its efforts to slash the US federal workforce, the team responsible for publishing data used in advanced research in astrophysics, nuclear fusion, and other fields appears to be on the chopping block.

Now that the US government is actively removing valuable scientific data from its websites, a group of European scientists have begun to secure that data.