Commerce Secretary’s Comments Raise Fears of Interference in Federal Data
Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, suggested government spending should be excluded from data about U.S. economic output ...
The Trump administration may exclude government spending from GDP, obscuring the impact of DOGE cuts
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says he could take government spending out of his agency's reports on gross domestic product ...
Latest negative economic data is ‘Biden data' and Trump will fix it, Commerce chief Lutnick says
The stock market dropped sharply in recent days as investors worried about the effects of new tariffs on Canada and Mexico by ...
Trump officials want to measure the economy's health in a way that may hide DOGE cuts
Trump administration officials have suggested they may try to look differently at a key economic measure of America's ...
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Trump administration may exclude government spending from GDP, obscuring impact of DOGE cuts
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says he could take government spending out of his agency's reports on gross domestic ...
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US Commerce Secretary wants to remove government spending from GDP
WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) - U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Sunday he would strip out government spending from the gross domestic product (GDP) report, but gave no indication ...
Donald Trump will determine exact rate of trade tariffs on Canada, Mexico on Tuesday: Howard Lutnick
The two countries have ‘done a reasonable job’ securing their borders with the United States, though the deadly drug fentanyl ...
Commerce Secretary Lutnick Pushes For 'Transparent' GDP Calculation By Removing Government Spending
Howard Lutnick's remarks came in response to concerns over whether the spending cuts advocated by Elon Musk's Department of ...
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All negative economic data is ‘Biden data' and Trump will fix the economy, Commerce chief Lutnick says
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick argued that former President ... Bank of Atlanta issued a forecast that calls for gross domestic product to fall by 2.8% in the first quarter of 2025, down ...