https://www.npr.org/2025/03/11/nx-s1-5323155/economic-data-reliability-trump-howard-lutnick https://www.npr.org/2025/03/11/nx-s1-5323155/economic-data-r... > T

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/11/nx-s1-5323155/economic-data-reliability-trump-howard-lutnick https://www.npr.org/2025/03/11/nx-s1-5323155/economic-data-r... > The government recently disbanded two outside advisory committees that used to consult on the numbers, offering suggestions on ways to improve the reliability of the government data. > At the same time, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has suggested changing the way the broadest measure of the economy — gross domestic product — is calculated. > Those moves are raising concerns about whether economic data could be manipulated for political or other purposes.