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2030 census will include "Middle Eastern or North African" box for the first time
Mar 29, 2024
One outcome of the “Middle Eastern or North African” (MENA) box will be a clearer picture of economic conditions in Arab American communities.
How much do you trust government data? It depends on your politics
Oct 15, 2020
According to the latest Marketplace-Edison Research Poll, Biden supporters are less likely than Trump supporters to believe economic data from the federal government.
Can the government's economic books be cooked?
Jul 3, 2019
U.S. civil servants who collect and analyze statistics are effectively shielded from political pressure.
U.S. to publish economic data on Puerto Rico for the first time
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Andy Uhler
Mar 5, 2019
On foot of concerns that numbers from Puerto Rico itself could be flawed, the U.S. government is preparing to release gross domestic product data on the U.S. territory for the first time. We took a look at what the adjusted financial data could mean for the island as it continues to recover from Hurricane Maria […]
Steve Ballmer says numbers and facts still matter
by
Kai Ryssdal
Apr 21, 2017
The former Microsoft CEO created USAFacts so you can see where your tax dollars go.
Bringing accountability to police through data
by
Molly Wood
Aug 26, 2014
How the use of data collection and analysis tools could improve policing.
Good enough for government data
by
David Gura
Oct 17, 2013
We lost two weeks of government data -- data that let economists know what to study and data that helps farmers know what to plant.