A methodological change contributed to a better-than-expected inflation report, prompting questions from some economists. By Ben Casselman An obscure methodological change lowered a key measure of ...

Researchers at Mass General Brigham have developed a series of artificial intelligence (AI) tools that uses machine learning ...

Despite significant mathematical refinements, econometrics has shown the weaknesses of its logical underpinnings, primarily during economic turning points—financial crises, pandemics, and geopolitical ...

Today, 52% of Americans are more concerned than excited about AI in daily life, compared with just 10% who say they are more excited than concerned.

Objectives To evaluate whether type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) presence and severity are associated with differences in global and domain-specific cognitive function among US adults, using ...

Debates on researching SCAM frequently hinge on the tension between theoretical plausibility and empirical testing. The central question is this: should interventions that contradict well-established ...

Source: Unknown internet meme origin (posted by Philip Goff) As a philosopher of science, I have some minor obligation to say something when other philosophers share harmful misinformation about how ...

The decision to nominate Brett Matsumoto, a career government economist, came six months after the president fired the previous commissioner. By Ben Casselman President Trump said he would nominate ...

Washington — President Trump announced E.J. Antoni as his nominee to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Monday, after he fired the former commissioner earlier this month, blaming her for a ...

President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that the massive revisions to the latest jobs report constituted a “scam,” accusing one of the top overseers of government statistics of cooking the ...

President Donald Trump on Friday fired Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer, hours after the agency reported that job growth in the U.S. had slowed to a near-halt. "We need ...