China’s economic data is famously unreliable—and could be a warning if Trump meddles with the Bureau of Labor Statistics
U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to fire the federal government’s lead statistician after a disappointing jobs report spurred warnings over the potential fallout if the country’s economic data—considered the gold standard in measurement—can no longer be trusted. There are other examples of countries with unreliable and politicized economic data—and some point to China as a … Read more