U.S. policymakers are increasingly anxious about the integrity of certain government benchmarks, crucial data points that help the Fed assess the economy’s health and guide interest rate decisions.

Cuts to the Bureau of Labor Statistics could be clouding jobs and inflation data, complicating the Fed's data-driven rate ...

The "skinny" budget proposal would slash most domestic spending while increasing national security spending to a record $1.01 trillion, a 13 percent hike over the prior year, according to Axios.

California’s main source of homelessness funding would drop from $1 billion last year to $0 this year in the proposed state budget. Homelessness is top of mind for many Californians.

Kennedy has warned of an epidemic of chronic disease, but the budget blueprint would close the C.D.C. center focused on prevention. By Apoorva Mandavilli and Roni Caryn Rabin Robert F. Kennedy Jr ...

Based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2023 Consumer Expenditure Surveys, the cost of a 1% Food and Beverage Tax to a household with income in the range of $100,000 to $149,999 is ...