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Our standard
We aim for explanations that are useful and checkable. That means:
- Official data first. Figures come from the agencies that publish them, such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Federal Reserve, the Census Bureau and the Treasury. Each figure carries its release date or reference period, because economic data is revised and replaced.
- Explaining the measure. We say what a number includes, what it leaves out and how it is collected, so you can judge what it tells you.
- No forecasts. We explain what has happened and how things work. We don’t predict the economy, markets or interest rates, and we label any official projection we quote as the agency’s own.
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Guides are researched and drafted with the help of AI tools. Before a guide is published, a separate fact-check re-reads every cited source and recalculates every example. The editor is responsible for what’s published, including its accuracy, its sources and any corrections.
Updates and corrections
Economic data is revised often. We update a guide when a figure it relies on is revised or replaced in a way that changes what the guide says, and we change its date only when its content has changed in a meaningful way. If you spot an error, please tell us and we’ll correct it and note the change.
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