Are Americans supposed to think that the Trump administration canceling the release of economics reports is somehow a good sign for the economy?
The Bureau of Economic Analysis announced Monday that it had officially canceled releasing the advance estimate on gross domestic product (GDP) for the third quarter of 2025. The Trump administration had previously delayed the release, which was initially slated for October 30, due to the government shutdown—but now it seems to have been abandoned altogether.
Last week, the Labor Department called off releasing its monthly jobs report for October, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics scrapped its own report on inflation.
I’m actually surprised things are happening so fast. We’re only 10 months in and it took Trump a few weeks to start his rampage. Even in this short amount of time he’s done enough damage to force him to block the release of economic data that has been standard fare for decades. In another 10 months the downturn is going to be so widespread and apparent that even the Republican propaganda machine and Trump’s pathological lying won’t be able to cover it up.
He spent 4 years damaging it and between him and the pandemic it still hadn’t recovered resilience.
We can hope. Then maybe, just maybe, the American voters will come out and do something for a change, instead of whining about the candidates and a war on the other side of the world.
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