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Trump’s deep decrease in federal workforce and the financing of research threatens to reduce the quality and credibility of the “gold standard” of US statistics, economists warned.

The US data, from job reports, to inflation index, can swing the market and bonds of $ 105 and bonds in milliseconds and support policies affecting the trajectory of the world’s largest economy.

But economists are increasingly concerned Government Efficiency Department (Doge) radically reduce the Government to undermine the ability to collect, analyze and research statistics on US economy.

“All decreasing federal funding and some of those who have seen coming out of Doge … They are often a death -blow already very stretched surgery,” said Ricardo Reis, a professor at the London School of Economics, who is an advisor at the Richmond federal reserves.

He added, “The things that go behind [the consumer price index, GDP] And others – all those surveys I think is possible for victims. ”

Operations of widespread USA is decentralized, and more than a dozen agencies and units are collecting data in several departments, including trade, work and agriculture. Ove agencije proizvode vodeća izvješća kao što su indeks potrošačkih cijena i platne liste bez poljoprivrednih poljoprivrednih poljoprivrednih poljoprivrednih poljoprivrednih poljoprivreda, koji su pomno pregledani na Wall Streetu, zajedno s nizom podataka s nižim profilom koji pomažu u informiranju o raspravama o politici i akademskim istraživanjima.

“Having absolutely the highest data quality standards that the United States government Statistical agencies are absolutely crucial, “said Austan Goolsbee, President of Chicago FED, for the Financial Times this week.” The data could not be more important. It should be in the interest of everyone to ensure that numbers are as accurate as they can be. “

Trade secretary Howard Lutnick that his department is making a measure of GDP that draws state consumption, unlike international norms, has also raised alarm whether political officials will strive to influence economic reporting.

“He has always been a gold standard in data, especially about things like GDP, labor, price,” said Steve Cecchetti, an economist of Brandeis University and former head of the Economic and Monetary Department at Bank for International Settlements. “It was a gold standard because society and the government supported and believed in measuring things as accurately.”

The puppet move to close the Counseling Committee of the Federal Economic Statistics, the body advised by statistics agencies, caused the concern of economists who had been poll in the school of Chicago this month.

David Wilcox, who presided over the Committee before closed in February, said that the move was “shame, because the work of the Council came to almost no cost to the taxpayer and closing his closure to the lower quality of statistics.”

More than 90 percent of respondents in the FT-Chicago cabin survey said they are either “little” or “very” concerned about the decline in the quality of American economic data, partly due to the closure of FESAC.

Economists are also worried that Doge’s attempts to restrain consumption will lead to a high -level degree of specialized knowledge who leaves the Government – something they warn can complete the cost of an American taxpayer more than they will save in a long time.

Matthew Shapiro, an economist of the University of Michigan, who is former president of Fesac, said: ” [push for federal staff to take] Early pensions can lead to a much high professional human capital that enters the door. “

Shapiro also believes that President Donald Trump’s executive order to eliminate the “informative silos” that would force agencies to share the information with the officials set by the President, he will also lead to the fall of the response to the polls, such as a survey of workforce.

Research networks playing critical role in the development and maintenance of standards, such as the National Bureau for Economic Research, are also under pressure from reducing billions of dollars to research funding.

Nber receives about half of its funding from the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation and the US Social Insurance Administration – all organizations that are now exposed to Trump’s attempts to restrain themselves in research consumption.

Jim Poterba, President of the NBER, said that the current and proposed reduction of funds would list his organization to reduce activities and reduce costs. Although some funds could be compensated for from the source of financing the private sector, it is unlikely that it is enough to match loss with state funding, he said.

“The price of the researcher will become smaller,” Poterba said, adding that the probable influence will be worse for politics.