The Biden administration has set out to measure the economic value of ecosystems, offering new statistics to weigh in policy decisions. By Lydia DePillis Forests that keep hillsides from eroding and ...

China’s current-account surplus was once one of the most controversial statistics in economics. The figure, which peaked at almost 10% of gdp in 2007, measures the gap between China’s earning and its ...

Pt. I. Statistics and labor reform, 1880-1930: centralization and its discontents. Before there were indexes: the "Labor Question" and labor statistics, 1880-1910 ; The cost of living in peace and war ...

The Lao Statistics Bureau and the World Bank today launched an initiative to upgrade the national statistical system and increase the use of key data in state planning and by independent researchers.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is reducing or ending the collection of data that is used to calculate the Consumer Price Index. By Ben Casselman Federal Reserve policymakers have stressed that their ...